词汇 | implored |
释义 | implored past simple and past participle ofimplore implore verb uk /ɪmˈplɔːr/ us /ɪmˈplɔːr/ [ T+ to infinitive ] to ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional, and determined way: 恳求(某人)(不)做…,哀求(某人)(不)做… implore someone to do somethingShe implored her parents not to send her away to school.她哀求父母不要送她上学。 to beg for something or beg someone to do something begHe begged her to stay, but she wouldn't listen. imploreI implore you to change your mind. plead withHe pleaded with the guards to be allowed to see his daughter. appeal toI appeal to the public to remain calm. entreatThe banners entreated the government to release the prisoners. adjureThe gospel adjures us to love one another. [ T ]literary to ask for something in a sincere and emotional way: 恳求得到(某物),祈求得到(某物) She clasped her hands, and glancing upward, seemed to implore divine assistance.她双手紧握,眼睛看着上方,似乎在祈求上天的帮助。 Making appeals & requests adjuration appellate apply for something apply to appreciate ask a lot besiege car wash cry entreat entreaty imploringly importunately importunity invite invocation leech push scrounge ticket Related wordsimploring imploringly Examples of imploredimplored In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Someone should have implored her at all costs to persist. Nascent nineteenth-century sanitary experts implored people to burn as much of their waste as possible in home fires. During years of bad harvests, villages implored the local priest to come and offer up prayers for rain. Even though multiple trade-union leaders had implored the workers to end the strike, the laborers remained unconvinced and kept raising slogans. It is also conceivable, given the context of an open-air celebration, that those in attendance were implored to join the singing of the refrain. He implored his brother to respect his wife's right to keep the property for the rest of her life, but the brother would not concede. Wielding a mixture of filth and germ theory, and assorted forms of contagionism, sanitary engineers implored local authorities to abandon tipping and adopt burning before the visitation of an epidemic. Think of the fraud perpetrated on the thrifty who had been implored to save and not to spend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then the industry is implored to reduce its unit costs of production, to improve its methods and make better use of its resources. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even now many people in the industry suspect that the action that we implored to be taken so long ago might be too late. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was with him on the bench and implored that this offer should be withdrawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His executives, who felt that readers were becoming bored with cones, implored him to call off the campaign and move on to other issues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of us implored the authorities to employ women, but they did not do it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all implored to save energy in every way—that is, energy from fossil fuels and electrical energy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The aged collapsed, and implored the younger ones to abandon them to their fate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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