entreaty

英 [ɪnˈtriːti]

美 [ɪnˈtriːti]

n.  恳求; 乞求

复数：entreaties　

GRE

BNC.23603 / COCA.21942

牛津词典

noun

• 恳求；乞求
  a serious and often emotional request

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 恳求;乞求
  Anentreatyis a very polite, serious request.
  1. The FA has resisted all entreaties to pledge its support to the campaign.
     足协拒绝了一切希望它能承诺支持这次运动的请求。

英英释义

noun

• earnest or urgent request
  1. an entreaty to stop the fighting
  2. an appeal for help
  3. an appeal to the public to keep calm
  Synonym:prayerappeal

双语例句

• He felt very uncomfortable and looked entreaty at us.
  他感到很不自在，用恳求的目光望着我们。
• "You have only to_read_the part," said Henry Crawford, with renewed entreaty.
  “你只要念念台词就行了，”亨利·克劳福德又一次恳求说。
• And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom.
  他祈祷耶和华，耶和华就允准他的祈求，垂听他的祷告，使他归回耶路撒冷，仍坐国位。
• Angel's father tried argument, persuasion, entreaty.
  安琪尔的父亲努力同他争论，劝说他，恳求他。
• The lake lies low by the hill, a tearful entreaty of love at the foot of the inflexible.
  湖躺在山脚下，像在执拗者的跟前含泪恳求爱。
• I looked at him an instant to see if there was anything to hope from further entreaty.
  我望了他一会儿，想看看要是再向他请求会不会有什么收获，但这个人是石头做的。
• In a country where couples are largely confined to having one child, this entreaty is particularly hard to ignore.
  在一个大部分夫妇只有一个孩子的国家，这样的请求是无法拒绝的。
• On my life, hester, I made my entreaty to the worshipful magistrate that it might be done forthwith.
  我敢发誓，海丝特，我当即恳求那可敬的长官，这事应予立即施行！
• It must have been a harder heart than Susan Nipper's that could have rejected the little purse Florence held out with these words, or the gentle look of entreaty with which she seconded her petition.
  必须要有一颗比苏珊·尼珀更为冷酷无情的心才能拒绝弗洛伦斯讲这些话时拿出的钱包或者她提出这个请求时伴随着的温柔的、恳求的眼光。
• Entreaty failed, so I tried threats.
  恳求无效，因此我便试用威胁的办法。