begging

柯林斯词典

1. V-T/V-I If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it. 恳求
I begged him to come back to New York with me. 我请求他和我一起回纽约。
We are not going to beg for help anymore. 我们将不再请求帮助。
2. V-I If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money. 行乞[oft cont]
I was surrounded by people begging for food. 我被一群讨饭的人围住了。
...homeless people begging on the streets. …沿街乞讨的无家可归者。
She was living alone, begging food from neighbours. 她一个人生活，从邻居那儿讨些吃的。
3. V (of a dog) to sit up with forepaws raised expectantly (狗)端坐将前爪举起恳求
4. I beg your pardon→see pardon
5. N →a variant of bey