beg /beg/► SEE ALLbeg, borrow or stealbeg the questionI beg to differI beg your pardon ●ˌbeg, ˌborrow or ˈsteal ( ˌbeg, ˌsteal or ˈborrow) obtain sth any way you can千方百计搞到◆We’ll have to beg, steal or borrow enough money to pay the fines. 我们无论如何都得弄到足够的钱来交罚款。●beg the ˈquestion1.make sb want to ask a question that has not yet been answered使人想要提出某个尚未触及的问题◆All of which begs the question as to who will fund the project. 所有的这一切使人不禁要问：谁来为这项工程提供资金？2.talk about sth as if it were definitely true, even though it might not be把假定作为事实进行讨论；想当然地认为；回避问题◆This proposal begs the question of whether a change is needed at all. 这个提议绕开了一个实质性的问题：到底是否需要变革？▸ˈquestion-begging
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◆a question-begging argument 回避问题实质的论点●I beg to ˈdifferused to say politely that you do not agree with sth that has just been said恕我不能赞同◆I must beg to differ on this. I think you are quite mistaken. 这一点恕我不能苟同。我认为你大错特错了。●I beg your ˈpardon (formal) 1.used as a polite way of saying sorry for sth you have just said or done（用于礼貌地道歉）对不起，请原谅◆Did I step on your toe? Oh, I beg your pardon! 我踩到您的脚趾头了？噢，请原谅！2.used to ask sb to repeat what they have just said because you did not hear（没听清所说的话时）请重复一遍◆‘It’s on Duke Street.’ ‘I beg your pardon?’ ‘Duke Street.’ “在杜克大街。”“您说什么？”“杜克大街。”3. (especially BrE) used to show that you are angry or offended（表示生气或被冒犯）有你这么说话的吗◆I beg your pardon! I’d rather you didn’t refer to my father as ‘that fat man’. 我请你放尊重些！你最好别再用“那个胖子”来称呼我父亲。