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An entreaty is the request itself: a serious, often emotional ask for someone to do something for you. You make an entreaty; you may make several entreaties. The feeling is the same as the verb entreat — not a casual favour, but asking from the heart, or as if a lot depends on the answer. Like the verb, it sounds a little old and belongs more to books, speeches, and careful writing than to chat. People still use it when they want the asking to sound grave.
懇求（名詞）
組成entreat + -y (turns the verb into a noun: the asking itself).
同家族的字
- entreatthe verb this noun is built from
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
entreatynoun/ɪnˈtɹiːti/
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The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
- 1779, William Ward, An Essay on Grammar as it may be applied to the English Language, New Edition, page 202, In all commands or entreaties, the ſtate commanded, or entreated, muſt be contingent; i. e. capable of being, or not being, as the command or entreaty expreſſes it.
- She gathered many of the stones which I built into the walls of the hut; also, she turned a deaf ear to my entreaties when I begged her to desist.
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archaicA treatment; reception; entertainment.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。