ask的意思|ask的解释-里氏词典

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}.

Ask \Ask\, v. i.
1. To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to
ask for bread.

Ask, and it shall be given you. --Matt. vii.
7.

2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed
by after.

Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name? --Gen.
xxxii. 29.

Ask \Ask\, n. [See 2d {Asker}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]

Government party officials said they would ask President Roh Tae-woo to veto the laws approved by the opposition-controlled legislature.
That the party probably would ask for the powerful ministries of foreign affairs and finance, in addition ot defense and internal affairs.
In the church meeting, Mr. Probert asks the president of the project's tenants' association, a slim nervous woman, to ask the borough council to kick out the drug dealers.
Those employees are likely to mention Bell Atlantic if attendees ask for references, a company spokeswoman concedes.
Lawyers also say Mr. Milken's attorneys could ask Judge Wood to reopen a presentencing hearing held last fall to allow the government to present additional allegations against Mr. Milken for consideration by the judge in determining his sentence.
"This isn't the time to take the chance and ask them that," says Mr. Appelbaum, who adds that his home phone is bugged.
But there was still some wistful talk of cut in interest rates. 'It hasn't lost it for us, but ask me next week whether it's won it,' one backbencher with a 6,000-odd majority said yesterday.
House investigators are eager to ask Borders whether Hastings was aware that his friend was arranging a bribe for him.
He said, "If you ask Jack Nicklaus the best round of golf he ever had on the easiest golf course, and he told you it was 60, but yesterday he shot an 82 on St. Andrews, would you say he lost 22 strokes off his game?"
Be sure to ask not only about regular call provisions but also about any special features that can trigger early calls, advises B. Daniel Evans, president of Fitch Investors Service Inc., a credit-rating company.
Wednesday's rejection of the $63.50-a-share offer came the same day that a Chancery Court judge in Delaware gave Holly Farms permission to ask its shareholders on April 14 to approve a friendly merger with ConAgra Inc. of Omaha, Neb.
Chesley said he will ask that Chubb's records for the drought insurance be audited and that the court appoint a master to invest and pay out the money.
The office said Lebanon would not ask for a council debate.
"You should not ask the National Assembly to do it, because time is too short.
A few stopped to look or ask questions.
We ask people how severe their addictions are and he reported he had a $30-a-day cocaine habit.
Assistant Bucks County District Attorney Gary Gambardella said he plans to ask the Pennsylvania high court for a rehearing and may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
So far, all but a handful of UAW local leaders have refused to ask their members to take vacations en masse during a scheduled two-week shutdown to begin July 20.
"In the future, I will only ask someone who I can trust," Dana Jurist said Tuesday.
What more could anyone ask?
"Tomorrow I will ask the National Assembly to release all these prisoners," Ortega said.
They say that will depend on how many countries ask for it, and how many promise to meet the conditions. The bank and fund require some austerity policies from the borrowing countries in return for help.
Georgia Power Co., a unit of Southern Co., Atlanta, said it will ask a Georgia state court to review the recent decision of state utility regulators to grant the company a rate increase substantially less than it requested.
Three of four Americans believe President Bush will ask Congress for a tax increase despite his campaign pledge that he would not raise taxes, according to a poll published today.
Mr Hosokawa has so far refused LDP demands to ask his former aide, who handled his financial affairs, to testify in parliament and has been unable to produce receipts showing he repaid the Y100m.
"I did not ask him to make any calls.
The truck maker also will ask holders to vote on certain defensive measures, including staggered terms for the company's directors.
A message scrawled on the bathroom mirror in lipstick said, "I took what you loved most." Police suspected Ms. Burns shot her sons and planned to ask her to submit to hypnosis after she passed lie detector and voice stress tests.
Schrock said he might ask the judge to review the case in a month or two.
When Handren was about to graduate from high school, her brother suggested she ask Ross to the prom.

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