importune meaning in English
vt.
1.向…硬要,向…强求,死乞白赖地要求。
2.纠缠。
3.(妓女)拉客。
短语和例子
vi.
强求;纠缠不休。
adj.
= importunate.
n.
-nity
Examples
- Their mail was being packed with importuning or threatening letters .
他们的信箱里充满了提出强硬要求和恫吓的信。 - In this very heart of england's gentility it was difficult to realize that a lonely woman could be importuned or hunted .
在这个英国文雅气息的中心,很难想象到一个孤独的女子会受到人家的纠缠和追逼。 - Benvolio : have you importuned him by any means
班伏里奥:您有没有设法探问过他? - The boy importuned the teacher to raise his mark
那个男孩纠缠着老师给他提分(数) 。 - He importuned me for a position in my office
他不断地央求我安排他在我办公室工作。