beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something
乞求,恳求,哀求
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[with obj. and infinitive]
he implored her to change her mind 他恳求她改变主意
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[with direct speech]
‘Please don't talk that way,’ Ellen implored .“请别那样说”,埃伦哀求道。
[with obj.]
〈古〉 乞求得到
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I implore mercy .我乞求得到宽恕。
"early 16th cent.: from French