英语词典 · 单词释义
importune
英 [,ɪmpɔː'tjuːn] 美 [,ɪmpɔr'tun]
这里集中整理“importune”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词,方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vi. 强求;胡搅蛮缠
- vt. 强求;一再向某人要求
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
第三人称单数: importunes;过去式: importuned;过去分词: importuned;现在分词: importuning;
中文词源
importune 纠缠
im-,不,非,port,港口。原义为没有港口的,无法入港的,引申词义麻烦的,骚扰,纠缠。比较opportune,opportunity.
英文词源
- importune (v.)
- 1520s, back-formation from importunity, or else from Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importunari "to make oneself troublesome," from Latin importunus "unfit, troublesome," originally "having no harbor" (i.e. "difficult to access"), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + portus "harbor" (see port (n.1)). Related: Importuned; importuning. As an adjective from early 15c.
双语例句
- 1. Don't importune me with your complaints.
- 不要老是向我发牢骚.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Above all I do not wish to importune or compromise you.
- 总之我不希望你胡搅蛮缠或妥协.
来自互联网
- 3. I importune you to help them.
- 我恳求你去帮助他们.
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