im·por·tune /ˌɪmpɚ/
(vt.)強求,硬要(vi.)強求,糾纏
Im·por·tune a.
1. Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]
2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious solicitation. [Obs.]
And their importune fates all satisfied. --Spenser.
Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual. --Bacon.
Im·por·tune, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Importuned p. pr. & vb. n. Importuning.]
1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
Their ministers and residents here have perpetually importuned the court with unreasonable demands. --Swift.
2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] “It importunes death.”
Im·por·tune, v. i. To require; to demand. [Obs.]
We shall write to you,
As time and our concernings shall importune. --Shak.
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importune
v : beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help
them" [syn: insist]