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entreatvt.
1.ask earnestly,beg恳求，请求。
△Tw.3.4.376 (340):“I must entreat of you some of that money.”我必须请你给我一些那笔款子。
△Rom.2.2.15:“Two of the fai-rest stars in all the heaven,/ Having some business,do entreat her eyes / To twinkle in their spheres tillthey return.”天上两颗最灿烂的明星.有事他去，在归来之前请求她的眼睛代替它们在星座中闪耀。
△Rom.4.1.40:“My lord,we must entreat the time alone.” i.e. We must ask you to leave us alone. 爵爷，我们求您离开我们。
2. treat对待。
△2H.VI. 2. 4. 82 (81):“Entreat her notthe worse,in that I pray / You use her well.”我求你好好对待她，你可不要因此对她更坏。
△3H vi. 1. 1. 271:“I’llwrite unto them and entreat them fair. ”我要给他们写信，对他们好生看待。
△R.III.4.4.152:“Either be patientand entreat me fair，”要少安勿躁、好好对待我。
3. prevail on by entreaty,persuade劝服，说服。
△As1.2.159 (149):“Since the youth will not be entrea-ted,his own peril on his forwardness. ”那年轻人既然不听劝告，就让他因狂妄自大而吃些苦头吧。
4. obtain by persuasion求得。
△Mac.2.1.22: “Yctwhen we can entreat an hour to serve，”不过，我们若能有一个小时的闲暇。
～ vi.
1. prevail by entreaty以恳求奏效。
△Mid. 3. 2. 248:“Ifshe cannot entreat,I can compel.” i.e. If Hermiacannot infIuence you by pleas,I can do so by force. 如果她的请求无效，我可要强迫了。
2. negotiate谈判。
△2H. VI. 4. 4. 9: “ I’ll send someholy bishop to entreat；”我要派一位主教去谈判。 entreat[inˈtri:t]v. 恳求，哀求，请求
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