Some man at the door is asking to see you. 门口有个男人要求见你。
Stop asking silly questions! 别总是问傻问题!
asking
[ noun ] the verbal act of requesting <noun.communication>
Ask \Ask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Asking}.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. [=a]scian, [=a]csian; akin to OS. [=e]sc[=o]n, OHG. eisc[=o]n, Sw. [=a]ska, Dan. [ae]ske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith. j["e]sk['o]ti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire. [root]5.] 1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. --Judg. xviii. 5.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. --John xv. 7.
2. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?
Ask me never so much dowry. --Gen. xxxiv. 12.
To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. --Luke xii. 48.
An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity. --Addison.
3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. --John ix. 21.
He asked the way to Chester. --Shak.
4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons. --Fuller.
Syn: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat; beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim; exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See {Beg}.
Asking \Ask"ing\, n. 1. The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation. --Longfellow.
Among them: "Asking tens of teams to simultaneously redesign all process," "redesigning when you should obliterate" and ending up with crossed signals between employees and managers.
Asking the courts to settle political problems could also be an elaborate ploy designed to pressure unions to renegotiate contracts, some analysts say.
Asking Hong Kong to revalue is especially silly because its pegged system has made it virtually another branch of the Federal Reserve System.
Asking prices of $40,000 to $60,000 _ about 20 percent less than comparable homes elsewhere _ have stimulated interest.
Asking Congress to solve a problem is always dangerous and may be wishful thinking, but here there may be no alternative.
Asking the Supreme Court for help was a coalition of consumer groups, long-distance phone companies, equipment manufacturers, data-processing businesses and newspapers that want to enter the at-home information market.
Asking people how they voted after they cast their ballots "cannot be said to be an intrusion upon privacy," Abrams said. "A voter has the right to say `I don't want to talk to you'," he said.
Asking banks for revenues and profits is like seeking Coca-Cola's secret formula.