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单词 entreaty
释义
entreaty
noun[C]
uk
/ɪnˈtriː.ti/us
/ɪnˈtriː.t̬i/
anattempttopersuadesomeone to do something:
恳求；乞求；请求
Sherefusedtobecomeinvolvedwith himdespitehispassionateentreaties.尽管他苦苦哀求，她还是拒绝跟他有任何瓜葛。
Synonyms
appeal
plea(REQUEST)formal
prayer
request
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making appeals & requests
  • appellate
  • ask forsomeone
  • behest
  • call for orderphrase
  • call onsomeone
  • callsomeonein
  • cap
  • claim
  • demand
  • implore
  • invite
  • pay claim
  • petitioner
  • pretty pleaseidiom
  • propitiation
  • push forsomething
  • put in forsomething
  • put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
  • reapply
  • requisition
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(Definition ofentreatyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofentreaty

entreaty
The stingier she is, the greater theentreaty.
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This massive, single-author, book is anentreatyfor comprehensive care of children with epilepsy for which the author offers a model.
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And his embrace comes not from love, but fromentreaty.
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Finally, however, he yields to her entreaties and agrees to the marriage for reasons of state.
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The latter, meanwhile, steadfastly refused all such demands or entreaties on the ground that they were merely tenants not owners of the land whose proprietor was the state.
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To stay the hand is to bear the insult as well as the loss and this, despite the entreaties of religion, may be too much to bear.
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All her entreaties are ignored, not only because of the priest, but also because relatives of her husband's second wife intervene, bribing anyone who is tempted to help her.
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It is a natural instinct with man to give way to theentreatyof women.
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They realised that they had made a mess of this, and finally listened to the entreaties.
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I must resist his entreaties to reconsider the title.
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She rebuffed and spurned him and neglected his entreaties, choosing instead to proceed with the outstandingly foolish policy of a national minimum wage.
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I will leave it at the word "entreaty".
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That has followed the entreaties made to them to engage in the peace process.
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However, deaf to all entreaties, the commission's final recommendation was basically option 2.
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Our family motto isnec prece nec pretio, neither byentreatynor bribery.
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