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implore 英 [ɪmˈplɔː(r)] 美 [ɪmˈplɔːr]

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外刊例句

In its original form, the Lord's Prayer, taught by Jesus to his disciples, may have implored God to “keep us from the ordeal”.

耶稣教给他的门徒的《主祷文》的原始版本或许曾祈求上帝“免除我们的苦难”。

——《经济学人》

FOR OVER three decades the Pacific island country of Tuvalu has implored industrialised countries to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions.

三十多年来，太平洋岛国图瓦卢一直恳请工业化国家减少温室气体排放。

——《经济学人》

基本释义

[verb] beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something

[动词] 热切或拼命地恳求某人做某事

深入解读

从拼写上来看， implore 是一个与常见单词 explore, deplore 等都是以 lore 结尾的单词，几者可以一并联想记忆。

从词源上来看， implore 于16世纪50年代经法语 implorer 或者直接由 implorare （呼吁帮助、恳求、热切地乞求）进入英语，也是用来表示“恳求、乞求、哀求”，常用搭配 implore sb to do sth 并作正式用语使用，侧重指怀着深切的焦虑、殷切的关怀或极大的渴望恳求某人做某事。比如：

她哀求盟友们留下。

She implored her allies to stay.

告诉我那不是真的，求求你。

Tell me it's not true. I implore you.

作书面用语使用时， implore 还可以用来表示“恳求得到、乞求得到、哀求得到”某物。比如：

她双手紧握，眼睛看着上方，似乎在恳求上天的帮助。

She clasped her hands, and glancing upward, seemed to implore divine assistance.

名著用例

It cannot be accomplished, it never can be done, it has been attempted, and has always failed. I implore you not to add your death to the bitterness of mine.

这是办不到的，根本不行的。有人干过，全都失败了。我请求你别在我的痛苦之上再赔上你的这条命了。

出自英国作家查尔斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）所著的长篇历史小说《双城记》（A Tale of Two Cities）。参见：名著下载 | 双城记（A Tale of Two Cities）

同近义词

entreat: ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something

beseech: ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat

solicit: ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone