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asking 音标拼音: ['æskɪŋ] n. 询问;索取 询问;索取 asking n 1: the verbal act of requesting [ synonym: { request}, { asking}] Ask \ Ask\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Asked}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Asking}.] [ OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. [= a] scian, [= a] csian; akin to OS. [= e] sc[= o] n, OHG. eisc[= o] n, Sw. [= a] ska, Dan. [ ae] ske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith. j[" e] sk[' o] ti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire. [ root] 5.] 1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed. [ 1913 Webster] Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. -- Judg. xviii. 5. [ 1913 Webster] If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. -- John xv. 7. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask? [ 1913 Webster] Ask me never so much dowry. -- Gen. xxxiv. 12. [ 1913 Webster] To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. -- Luke xii. 48. [ 1913 Webster] An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question. [ 1913 Webster] He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. -- John ix. 21. [ 1913 Webster] He asked the way to Chester. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons. -- Fuller. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat; beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim; exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See { Beg}. [ 1913 Webster]
Asking \ Ask" ing\, n. 1. The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation. -- Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The publishing of banns. [ 1913 Webster]
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