importune

英 [ˌɪmpɔːˈtjuːn]

美 [ˌɪmpɔːrˈtuːn]

v.  再三要求; 纠缠

现在分词：importuning　过去分词：importuned　过去式：importuned　第三人称单数：importunes　

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BNC.37692 / COCA.38182

牛津词典

verb

• 再三要求；纠缠
  to ask sb for sth many times and in a way that is annoying

柯林斯词典

• VERB 向…强求;对…胡搅蛮缠
  If someoneimportunesanother person, they ask them for something or ask them to do something, in an annoying way.
  1. One can no longer walk the streets without seeing beggars importuning passers by.
     走在街上总能看到乞丐纠缠行人乞讨。

英英释义

verb

• beg persistently and urgently
  1. I importune you to help them
  Synonym:insist

双语例句

• So now I am not importune others, don't try to give others to bring pressure.
  所以我现在不会强求别人，要尽量不要给别人带来压力。
• Did he understand all those mysterious murmurs which warn or importune the spirit at certain moments of life?
  在人生的某些时刻，常有一种神秘的微音来惊觉或搅扰我们的心神，他是否也听到过这种微音呢？
• But I will no longer importune my young cousin.
  可是我也不愿意勉强我那年轻的表妹。
• One can no longer walk the streets without seeing beggars importuning passers by.
  走在街上总能看到乞丐纠缠行人乞讨。
• Come to receive vote, but cannot importune others to poll for a certain person, but it is to want communal circumstance to establish ballot box commonly.
  上门收选票，但是不能强求别人为某个人投票，但是一般是要公共场合设立投票箱。
• He began to importune her with offers of marriage.
  他开始缠着她要求结婚。
• To try to influence, as by insistent arguments; importune or entreat.
  敦促试图影响，如用坚持的观点来影响；乞求或请求。
• Don't importune me with your complaints.
  不要老是向我发牢骚。
• However, how to select appropriate model? We should do according to practice, not importune unification.
  如何选择合适的模式，要从各地实际情况出发，毋需强求统一。
• Above all I do not wish to importune or compromise you.
  最重要的是我不想强求或委屈您。