beseech
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 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
beseech• I 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) seekbe·seech verbChineseSyllable
to Corpus ask and anxiously for someone eagerly something
beseech
be‧seech /bɪˈsiːtʃ/
verb (past tense and past participle besought /-'sɔːt $ -ˈsɒːt/ or beseeched) [transitive] literary
SYN beg
be‧seech /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 Origin: seek
SYN beg