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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++im·plore /ɪmˈplɔː $ -ɔːr/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal  ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto ask for something in an emotional way 恳求;乞求;哀求 SYN beg ‘Don’t go, ’ I implored her. 不要走。我哀求她。implore somebody to do something She implored the soldiers to save her child. 她恳求那些士兵救救她的孩子。imploring adjective a ragged child with imploring eyes 眼神中充满乞求的衣衫褴褛的孩子→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
imploreCalls full of anguish, of him confessing his love for her, while imploring for time to explore his spiritual struggle.She was not alone, not lost, she had him, he told her, and implored her to persevere.His blue eyes implored her to take off the gag.She implored me to leave him, but I was afraid.The look in his eyes is so haunted and imploring that Blue can scarcely turn his own eyes away.You implore them to believe that it is an object with certain transformation properties under rotations.General Lee, on horseback, dashed among the fugitives and implored them to rally.After imploring top officials for years to improve conditions for orphans, she was fired in June 1993.implore somebody to do somethingThe human rights organization implored both groups to end the violence.
Origin implore (1500-1600) French implorer, from Latin, from plorare to cry out
im·plore verbChineseSyllable
Corpus for an something to ask emotional in


implore
implore /ɪmˈplɔː $ -ɔːr/ verb [intransitive and transitive] formal
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: French
 Origin: implorer, from Latin, from plorare 'to cry out'
to ask for something in an emotional way
   SYN  beg:
    ‘Don’t go,’ I implored her.
    implore somebody to do something
    She implored the soldiers to save her child.
—imploring adjective:
    a ragged child with imploring eyes


im·ploreBrE /ɪmˈplɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ɪmˈplɔːr/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they implore BrE /ɪmˈplɔː(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪmˈplɔːr/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it implores BrE /ɪmˈplɔːz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪmˈplɔːrz/ 🔊past simple implored BrE /ɪmˈplɔːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪmˈplɔːrd/ 🔊past participle implored BrE /ɪmˈplɔːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪmˈplɔːrd/ 🔊 -ing form imploring BrE /ɪmˈplɔːrɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪmˈplɔːrɪŋ/ 🔊 (formal or literary) to ask sb to do sth in an anxious way because you want or need it very much 恳求;哀求 SYN beseech, beg ~ sb to do sth She implored him to stay. 她恳求他留下。🔊🔊~ (sb) + speech 'Help me,' he implored. “救救我吧。” 他哀求道。🔊🔊~ sb Tell me it's true. I implore you. 告诉我那是真的。求求你。🔊🔊 im·plor·ing BrE /ɪmˈplɔːrɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ɪmˈplɔːrɪŋ/ 🔊 adjectiveShe gave him an imploring look. 她对他露出哀求的神情。🔊🔊