2VERB [oft cont]乞讨;乞求施舍 If someone who is poor is begging, they are asking people to give them food or money. 乞讨;乞求施舍
I was surrounded by people begging for food. [VERB + for]
我被一群讨饭的围住了。
There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, begging on the streets and sleeping rough. [VERB]
洛杉矶有数以千计像他这样的人,沿街乞讨,露宿街头。
She was living alone, begging food from neighbors. [VERB noun]
她孑然一身,向邻居们讨饭吃。
SYN scrounge [informal], bum [informal], blag [slang], touch (someone) for [slang]
3PHRASE 恕难苟同;斗胆唱反调 You say 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone. 恕难苟同;斗胆唱反调 [politeness]
4PHRASE 没人要;没人用 If you say that something is going begging, you mean that it is available but no one is using it or accepting it. 没人要;没人用
There is other housing going begging in town.
城里还有些住宅无人问津。
5PHRASE 引起疑问,使人想问(一些人认为此用法不正确) If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect. 引起疑问,使人想问(一些人认为此用法不正确)
Hopewell's success begs the question: why aren't more companies doing the same?
霍普韦尔的成功让人不禁要问:为什么其他公司不效仿呢?
6PHRASE (认为问题已获解决而)绕过问题 If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it assumes that the question has already been answered and so does not deal with it. (认为问题已获解决而)绕过问题