beseech

英語

其他形式

• beseek

詞源

源自中古英語 besechen、bisechen，古英語 sēċan (「尋求；詢問」)的帶前綴形式。同源詞有薩特弗里斯蘭語 besäike (「拜訪」)、荷蘭語 bezoeken (「拜訪，參與」)、德語 besuchen (「拜訪，參與」)、瑞典語 besöka (「拜訪」)。

發音

• 英語發音：bĭ-sēchʹ、國際音標^(幫助): /bɪˈsiːt͡ʃ/

• （英國南部）音頻：

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• 韻部：-iːtʃ

動詞

beseech (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 beseeches，現在分詞 beseeching，一般過去時及過去分詞 beseeched 或 besought)

1. 請求，懇求
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XX, Chapter iii, leaf 401r:

     Moost noble crysten Quene I byseche yow as ye haue ben euer my specyal good lady and I at al tymes your true poure knyghte vnto my power and as I neuer fayled yow in ryghte nor in wrong sythen the fyrst day kynge Arthur made me knyghte that ye wylle praye for my soule yf that I here be slayne;
     "Most noble Christian queen, I beseech you as ye have been ever my special good lady, and I at all times your true poor knight unto my power, and as I never failed you in right nor in wrong sithen the first day King Arthur made me knight, that ye will pray for my soul if that I here be slain;"

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   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press, 出版於 1973, § 25:

     after what manner, I beseech you, must the mind proceed in this operation?

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   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 「Watches of the Night」, 出自 Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, 出版於 2005，第 61 頁:

     She besought him, for his Soul's sake to speak the truth.

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   • 2019 12月 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, 經由 Nintendo 3DS，關卡/區域：Royal Pond:

     [King Knight defeats the Troupple King.] / Troupple Acolyte: 'HALT! I BESEECH THEE! PLEASE, NO MORE!'

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2. 要求，請求 （某件事物）
   • 1990, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky（譯者）, The Brothers Karamazov, San Francisco, North Point Press, →ISBN，第 657 頁:

     […] the tickets had all been given out, begged, besought long ago.

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相關詞彙

• seek

名詞

beseech (複數 beseeches)

1. (古舊) 請求
   • 1617, pseudo-Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, George Chapman, Ben Jonson, Philip Massinger, Rollo, Duke of Normandy, or the Bloody Brother, Act IV, Scene III:

     Good madam, hear the suit that Edith urges, With such submiss beseeches; [...]

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異序詞

• Beeches, beeches, beseche