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importune    
vt. 强求,硬要
vi. 强求,纠缠

强求,硬要强求,纠缠

importune
v 1: beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help
them" [synonym: {importune}, {insist}]

Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. i.
To require; to demand. [Obs.]
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We shall write to you,
As time and our concernings shall importune. --Shak.
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Importune \Im`por*tune"\ ([i^]m`p[o^]r*t[=u]n"), a. [F.
importun, L. importunus; pref. im- not a derivative from
the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig.
meaning, hard of access. See {Port} harbor, and cf.
{Importunate}.]
1. Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]
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2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence,
vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious
solicitation. [Obs.]
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And their importune fates all satisfied. --Spenser.
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Of all other affections it [envy] is the most
importune and continual. --Bacon.
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Importune \Im`por*tune"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Importuned}
([i^]m`p[o^]r*t[=u]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Importuning}.]
[From {Importune}, a.: cf. F. importuner.]
1. To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with
frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or
pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.
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Their ministers and residents here have perpetually
importuned the court with unreasonable demands.
--Swift.
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2. To import; to signify. [Obs.] "It importunes death."
--Spenser.
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84 Moby Thesaurus words for "importune":
advocate, aggravating, annoying, appeal, apply pressure, approach,
beg, beseech, beset, besiege, blandish, bothering, bothersome, bug,
buttonhole, cajole, call on, call upon, coax, crave, disturbing,
dun, entreat, exasperating, exert pressure, exhort, galling,
harassing, high-pressure, implore, importunate, insist,
insist upon, invoke, irking, irksome, irritating, jawbone, lobby,
make a pass, make advances, make an overture, nag, nag at,
overture, pesky, pester, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent,
pestilential, plague, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, plead,
plead with, ply, pray, press, pressure, proposition, provoking,
push, recommend, soft-soap, solicit, supplicate, sweet-talk, tease,
teasing, throw a pass, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome,
troubling, urge, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wheedle, work on,
worrisome, worrying


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