| 词汇 | importuning |
| 释义 | importuning present participle ofimportune importune verb[ T ] formaluk /ˌɪm.pɔːˈtʃuːn/ us /ˌɪm.pɔːrˈtuːn/ to make repeated, forceful requests for something, usually in a way that is annoying or causing slight problems: 没完没了地强求，纠缠 be importuned forAs a tourist, you are importuned for money the moment you step outside your hotel.作为游客，你刚一跨出旅馆就会被人缠住要钱。 to ask for sex with someone in return for payment: （指妓女或男妓）招揽（客人） He was arrested for importuning a young boy outside the station.他因在车站外向一男孩卖春而被捕。 Causing feelings of anger and displeasure aggravate aggrieve alienate anger annoy bend go too faridiom goat grate hack someone off harass joke nark nose rub someone up the wrong wayidiom ruffle ruffle someone's feathersidiom set someone's teeth on edgeidiom step/tread on someone's toesidiom tit You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making appeals & requests Examples of importuningimportuning In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Government officials and politicians certainly would have preferred not to have to listen to the importuning of the war-damaged. The operational practices that characterized importuning prosecutions took shape within a similar interplay between culture and technology. As the discussion above suggests, policemen became increasingly sensitized to the visual signifiers that allowed them to differentiate the importuning man or soliciting woman from the crowd. What is kerb crawling but the harassment of innocent, decent ladies in the street by men who come alongside them in a car, importuning them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not this mass importuning an unreasonable intrusion upon people's privacy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are dealing with importuning in a public place which often, but not exclusively, means outside public lavatories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That section deals with the offence of importuning by men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Importuning is the usual charge in respect of a man, but he can be charged with persistently soliciting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can imprisonment for importuning be justified on that criterion? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do we really need police officers spending their tours of duty locked in public lavatories in case of consenting adults importuning? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is further tightened up by the definition of "importuning" which comes within the next clause. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The amendment quite specifically states: "any man convicted of persistently soliciting or importuning men aged 21 or over". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The man who is charged with importuning is not branded before his trial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Importuning is not now triable by jury, it should be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I now deal with the two matters of gross indecency and importuning by male persons. 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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