importunate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnət/    美 /ɪmˈpɔɹt͡ʃənət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An importuner.
    — This will put an Answer into the Kings mouth, against all importunates.
动词 v.
  1. To importune, or to obtain by importunity. rare
    — All which notwithstanding, I obtained licence at length to make my supplication to the noble Parliament house; but I could find no messengers till Sir John Seton went, whom I importunated daily to obtain me favor for my return home again.
形容词 adj.
  1. Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
    — Nick was on the point of declaring again that he was a humbug, so vivid was his inner sense of what he thought of his factitious public utterances, which had the cursed property of creating dreadful responsibilities and importunate credulities for him.
  2. Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.
    — [...] if you reprimand or punish them, be assured every one will consider you importunate as well as ridiculous.

词形变化

more importunate comparative most importunate superlative importunates plural importunates present,singular,third-person importunating participle,present importunated participle,past importunated past

词汇关系

衍生词
importunately importunateness unimportunate
相关词
importune

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1477, in Middle english; from Latin importūnus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), modelled on Middle French importuné. By surface analysis, importune + -ate. The noun was substantivized from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
词源 2
First attested in 1574; adapted borrowing of French importuner (“to bother, disturb”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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