Importune
[ ,ɪmpɔr'tun ]
出国 Abroad
vt. 纠缠，向（某人）不断要求;（妓女）拉（客）;
💡 词根助记
im无+ port 港口 + une表动词 →无处停靠就胡搅蛮缠 → 强求
📝 例句
to harass sb. with unreasonable demands; to pester sb. endlessly; to importune
胡搅蛮缠
to request; to beseech; to importune
干求
Don't importune me with your complaints.
不要老是向我发牢骚。
To importune or entangle a person incessantly
死缠活缠
To try to influence, as by insistent arguments;importune or entreat.
敦促试图影响，如用坚持的观点来影响；乞求或请求
🌱 联想助记
【记】im-in进入,port-带、拿,tune-调子:进门后拿出强求的调子→强求
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
importune
v
(fml 文)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.t]
~ sb (for sth) ask sb persistently (for sth), usu in an annoying manner; beg or demand insistently 一再向某人要求（某事物）（尤指令人厌烦）
importune one's creditors for an extension of the borrowing period/to extend the borrowing period 再三乞求债权人延长借贷期限.
2 [I, Tn] (of a prostitute) attempt to attract (clients) （指妓女或男妓）拉（客）
arrested for importuning 因拉客被捕.
🔁 扩展释义
*[,impɒ:'tju:n]vt. 强求, 硬要vi. 强求, 纠缠【法】 向...强求, 纠缠, 迫诱相关词组: importune sb for sth
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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OK. What ... what kind of house did you have in mind?
好的， 你们打算买什么样的房子？
Losers are always in the wrong.
失败者总是错的。
and at this point, according to my father, I should be looking at farms and cottages in a valley, with the spire of the church of our village showing in the far distance.
照父亲的说法，我面前应是一个山谷，有农场与村舍，还可远远望见老家村子里的教堂的尖顶。