• vt. 乞討；懇求；回避正題
• vi. 乞討；請求
• n. (Beg)人名；(德、塞、巴基)貝格

詞源不確定，俗詞源認為來自于bag, 背包流浪乞討的。

beg

beg: [OE] Beg first turns up in immediately recognizable form in the 13th century, as beggen, but it seems likely that it goes back ultimately to an Old English verb bedecian ‘beg’. This came from the Germanic base *beth-, from which English also gets bid.
=> bid

beg (v.)

c. 1200, perhaps from Old English bedecian "to beg," from Proto-Germanic *beth-; or possibly from Anglo-French begger, from Old French begart (see beggar). The Old English word for "beg" was w?dlian, from w?dl "poverty." Of trained dogs, 1816.

As a courteous mode of asking (beg pardon, etc.), first attested c. 1600. To beg the question translates Latin petitio principii, and means "to assume something that hasn't been proven as a basis of one's argument," thus "asking" one's opponent to give something unearned, though more of the nature of taking it for granted without warrant.

1. We beg the Government on bended knees not to cut this budget.

我們懇求政府不要削減這項預算。

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2. I was impolite and I do beg your pardon.

我失禮了，真對不起。

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3. I beg your pardon, pray continue.

抱歉，請繼續。

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4. "I beg your pardon?" she giggled.

“您可以重復一遍嗎？”她咯咯地笑著說。

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5. Cross decided to beg and wheedle a bit.

克羅斯決定用上點乞求和哄騙。

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