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beseech

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++be·seech /bɪˈsiːtʃ/ verb (past tense and past participle besought /-ˈsɔːt $ -ˈsɒːt/ or beseeched) [transitive] literary  ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto eagerly and anxiously ask someone for something 恳求,祈求,哀求,央求 SYN beg→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
beseechI was crouching over these poor men, who were looking-up to me, eyes raised, beseeching.His voice would beseech, climbing two octaves.I besought him if the decision went against him to return to the Upper House and do his bit there.Each commander began to beseech his immediate superior for reinforcements.But Chan only gave him that anxious and beseeching look I had seen so many times before.Mr Cottle looked up, his eyes beseeching Mary Ann to find another object for her well-meaning pity.On one occasion he put his handprints on the painting as if beseeching the canvas to acknowledge the exiled body.
Origin beseech (1100-1200) seek
be·seech verbChineseSyllable
to Corpus ask and anxiously for someone eagerly something


beseech
beseech /bɪˈsiːtʃ/ verb (past tense and past participle besought /-'sɔːt $ -ˈsɒːt/ or beseeched) [transitive] literary
 Date: 1100-1200
 Origin: seek
to eagerly and anxiously ask someone for something
   SYN  beg


be·seechBrE /bɪˈsiːtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /bɪˈsiːtʃ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they beseech BrE /bɪˈsiːtʃ/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈsiːtʃ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it beseeches BrE /bɪˈsiːtʃɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈsiːtʃɪz/ 🔊past simple beseeched BrE /bɪˈsiːtʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈsiːtʃt/ 🔊past participle beseeched BrE /bɪˈsiːtʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈsiːtʃt/ 🔊past simple besought BrE /bɪˈsɔːt/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈsɔːt/ 🔊past participle besought BrE /bɪˈsɔːt/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈsɔːt/ 🔊~ sb (to do sth) (formal) to ask sb for sth in an anxious way because you want or need it very much 恳求;哀求;乞求 SYN implore, beg Let him go, I beseech you! 求求你让他走吧!🔊🔊