音标:[.impɒ:'tju:n] ;
vt. 强求, 硬要
vi. 强求, 纠缠
v. beg persistently and urgently
词型变化:现在分词 : importuning ; 过去分词 : importuned ; 过去式 : importuned ; 第三人称单数 : importunes ; 名词复数形式 : importunes
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
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importune的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. It is not cost-efficient that sometimes we make ourselves exhausted just to importune something.有时候为了强求一样东西而令自己的身心都疲惫不堪,是很不划算的。

经典引文

  • His uncle..came importuning to his door.

    出自:P. S. Buck
  • She importuned them for money.

    出自:B. Chatwin
【近义词】

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