beg,beg, ,borrow or 'steal (also ,beg, ,steal or'borrow)1.■obtain sth any way you can 千方百计搞到:We’ll have to beg, steal or borrow enough money to pay the fines. 我们无论如何都得弄到足够的钱来交罚款。beg the 'question2.■make sb want to ask a question that has not yet been answered 使人想要提出某个问题:All of which begs the question as to who will fund the project. 所有的这一切使人想提出这样一个问题：谁来为这项工程提供资金？3.■talk about sth as if it were definitely true, even though it might not be 迴避问题:This proposal begs the question of whether a change is needed at all. 这个提议迴避了一个实质性的问题：到底是否需要变革？I beg to 'differ4.■used to say politely that you do not agree with sth that has just been said 恕我不能赞同:I must beg to differ on this. I think you are quite mistaken. 这一点恕我不能苟同。我认为你大错特错了。I beg your 'pardon (formal,especially BrE)5.■used as a polite way of saying sorry for sth you have just said or done﹙用于礼貌地道歉﹚对不起，请原谅:Did I step on your toe? Oh, I beg your pardon! 我踩到您的脚趾头了？噢，请原谅！6.■used to ask sb to repeat what they have just said because you did not hear﹙用于没听清所说的话﹚请重复一遍:‘It’s on Duke Street.’ ‘I beg your pardon?’ ‘Duke Street.’“在杜克大街。”“您说什么？”“杜克大街。”7.■(especially BrE)used to show that you are angry or offended﹙表示生气或被冒犯﹚有你这么说话的吗:I beg your pardon! I’d rather you didn’t refer to my father as ‘that fat man’. 我请你放尊重些！你最好别再称我父亲为“那个胖子”。