【同义词辨析】 2017-04-10 恳求beg-importune
beg: suggests earnestness, insistence, esp. in asking for a favor: children ~ to stay up late.
entreat: implies an effort to persuade or to overcome resistance in another: ~ him to change his mind.
beseech: implies eagerness, anxiety or solicitude: I ~ you to have mercy.
implore: adds a suggestion of GREATER urgency or anguished appeal: ~ her not to leave him. (anguish: extermepain极度痛苦)
supplicate: suggests a posture of humility: with bowed heads, they ~ their lord.
adjure: implies advising as well as pleading, and suggests the involving of something sacred: in God’s name, I ~ you to cease. (Plead:恳求,辩护)
importune: suggests an annoying persistence in trying to break down resistance to a request: ~ his mother nearly every day to buy him a new bike.
beg: 恳切坚持地请求恩惠,entreat: 试图说服或不再反对,beseech:请求时急切担心挂念,implore: 表示更加的急迫和痛苦,supplicate: 请求时的卑微的姿态,adjure:是请求也是建议, 因为涉及高尚的事情,importune: 令人厌烦的不断要求别人同意。
记忆方法: 1)British English BISAI:英式英语比赛==>恳求参加。
2) 恳求的意思是mean to ask or request urgently.