中文词源
importune 纠缠
im-,不，非，port,港口。原义为没有港口的，无法入港的，引申词义麻烦的，骚扰，纠缠。比较opportune,opportunity.
英语词源
- importune (v.)
- 1520s, back-formation from importunity, or else from Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importunari "to make oneself troublesome," from Latin importunus "unfit, troublesome," originally "having no harbor" (i.e. "difficult to access"), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + portus "harbor" (see port (n.1)). Related: Importuned; importuning. As an adjective from early 15c.
权威例句
- 1. Don't importune me with your complaints.
- 不要老是向我发牢骚.
- 2. Above all I do not wish to importune or compromise you.
- 总之我不希望你胡搅蛮缠或妥协.
- 3. I importune you to help them.
- 我恳求你去帮助他们.
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