源自中古英語 besechen、bisechen,古英語 sēċan (“寻求;询问”)的带前缀形式。同源词有薩特弗里斯蘭語 besäike (“拜访”)、荷蘭語 bezoeken (“拜访,参与”)、德語 besuchen (“拜访,参与”)、瑞典語 besöka (“拜访”)。
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)
- 请求,恳求
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;"- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
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?- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Watches of the Night”, 出自 Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, 出版於 2005,頁號 61:She besought him, for his Soul's sake to speak the truth.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- Template:RQ:Maugham Moon and Sixpence
- 要求,请求 (某件事物)
beseech (複數 beseeches)
- (古舊) 请求
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; [...]- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- Beeches, beeches, beseche