importune

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪmpɔːˈtjuːn/|/ɪmˈpɔːtjuːn/    美 /ɪmpɔɹˈtuːn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of importuner. obsolete
    — And yet in ſome Courts it is otherwiſe vſed, for in Spaine it is thought very vndecent for a Courtier to craue, ſuppoſing that it is the part of an importune: […]
动词 v.
  1. To bother, irritate, trouble. transitive
    — To deliberate, be it but in slight matters, doth importune me.
  2. To harass with persistent requests. transitive
    — Gentlemen, importune me no farther, / For hovv I firmly am reſolu'd you knovv: / That is, not to beſtovv my yongeſt daughter, / Before I haue a husband for the elder: […]
  3. To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals. transitive
  4. To import; to signify. obsolete,transitive
    — It importunes death.
形容词 adj.
  1. Grievous, severe, exacting. obsolete
    — And therewithall he fiercely at him flew, / And with importune outrage him assayld [...].
  2. Inopportune; unseasonable. obsolete
  3. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent. obsolete
    — And their importune fates all satisfide.

词形变化

importunes present,singular,third-person importuning participle,present importuned participle,past importuned past more importune comparative most importune superlative importunes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
importunable reimportune unimportuned importunely
相关词
importunity importunate

词源

词源 1
From Middle French importuner and its etymon Medieval Latin importūnor (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importūnus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor".
词源 2
From Middle English importune, inportune, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French importun and its etymon Classical Latin importūnus.
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