beg the question

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To engage in the logical fallacy of begging the question (petitio principii).
    — The objection is that the argument begs the question, meaning that the premise, that God has all the virtues, assumes the conclusion, that God is benevolent.
  2. To sidestep or fail to address a question.
    — 1860, Henry Adams, letter, 6 May However I hope we shall do better as we go on and as long as there's no dodging or begging the question on our side, I'm not afraid.
  3. To raise or prompt a question. proscribed,sometimes
    — Three people were hurt in the fire at the warehouse last night, which begs the question: what were they doing there in the first place?

词形变化

begs the question present,singular,third-person begging the question participle,present begged the question participle,past begged the question past

词源

Translating Latin petītiō prīncipiī, itself translating Ancient Greek τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ αἰτεῖσθαι (tò en arkhēî aiteîsthai, “to assume from the beginning”).
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