摘要:With increasing importunity, they demanded political power to match their economic power. (随着日益强烈的纠缠不休,他们要求政治权力来匹配他们的经济权力。 )[剑桥高级学
五一游玩,你被“纠缠不休”没有?
“纠缠不休”英语怎么说呢?
这便是importunate, 如
【例句1】His secretary shielded him from importunate visitors. (他的秘书替他挡住了纠缠不休的游客。)[柯林斯高级学者辞典]
再如importunate beggar/crowd/demands/pleas (纠缠的乞丐/人群/要求/恳求)。
importunate是形容词,含义为“ 纠缠不休的、再三要求的”。
相应的名词importunity有两个义项。
义项1:“纠缠不休的特质”,如
【例句2】With increasing importunity, they demanded political power to match their economic power. (随着日益强烈的纠缠不休,他们要求政治权力来匹配他们的经济权力。 )[剑桥高级学者辞典]
义项2: an importunity指“一个纠缠不休的请求”,是可数名词,如
【例句2】I finally took what he offered me to save myself from his importunities.(我终于接受了他给我的东西,以摆脱他的反复纠缠。) [剑桥高级学者辞典]
【例句3】Finally, she rose and opened the door to her sister's importunities. (最后,她站起来,对姐姐的恳求打开了门。)[剑桥高级学者辞典]
importune是及物动词,如
【例句4】One can no longer walk the streets without seeing beggars importuning passers-by. (走在街上,再也看不到乞丐纠缠路人了。)[柯林斯高级学者辞典]
【例句5】 As a tourist, you are importuned for money the moment you step outside your hotel. (作为一名游客,你走出酒店的那一刻就被纠缠不休地要钱。)[剑桥高级学者辞典]
同源词还有:
importuner:强求者
importunely:强求地,迫切地
importunately:缠扰不休地;
importunateness:固执
来源:蕾蕾课堂