entreat

entreat
verb
  1. [reporting verb]ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something
    恳求,请求
    [with obj. and infinitive]his friends entreated him not to go.
    他的朋友们求他别走。
    ■[with obj.]ask earnestly or anxiously for (something)
    乞求给予
    a message had been sent, entreating aid for the Navahos.
    信息已发出,恳请给予纳瓦霍人援助。
  2. [with obj. and adverbial](archaic)treat (someone) in a specified manner
    (古)对待
    the King, I fear, hath ill entreated her.
    恐怕国王虐待了她。
派生
entreatingly
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'treat, act towards (someone'); formerly also as intreat): from Old French entraitier, based on traitier 'to treat', from Latin tractare 'to handle'
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