'ask' 的定义

词汇频率

ask

(ɑːsk , æsk)

词形3rd person singular present tense asks , present participle asking , past tense, past participle asked

1. 动词

If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.

'How is Frank?' he asked. [VERB with quote]

I asked him his name. [VERB noun noun]

I wasn't the only one asking questions. [VERB noun]

She asked me if I'd enjoyed my dinner. [VERB noun wh]

If Daniel asks what happened in court we will tell him. [VERB wh]

You will have to ask David about that. [VERB noun + about]

'I'm afraid to ask what it cost.'—'Then don't ask.' [VERB]

[Also V about n]

同义词：inquire, question, quiz, query ask 的更多同义词

2. 动词

If you ask someone to do something, you tell them that you want them to do it.

We had to ask him to leave. [VERB noun to-infinitive]

同义词：request, apply to, appeal to, plead with ask 的更多同义词

3. 动词

If you ask to do something, you tell someone that you want to do it.

I asked to see the Director. [VERB to-infinitive]

4. 动词

If you ask for something, you say that you would like it.

I decided to go to the next house and ask for food. [VERB + for]

Who asked for your opinion? [VERB for noun]

5. 动词

If you ask for someone, you say that you would like to speak to them.

There's a man at the gate asking for you. [VERB + for]

6. 动词

If you ask someone's permission, opinion, or forgiveness, you try to obtain it by putting a request to them.

Please ask permission from whoever pays the phone bill before making your call. [VERB noun]

7. 动词

If you ask someone to an event or place, you invite them to go there.

Couldn't you ask Jon to the party? [VERB noun + to]

She asked me back to her house. [VERB noun adverb]

[Also VERB noun + for]

同义词：invite, bid, summon ask 的更多同义词

8. 动词

If someone is asking a particular price for something, they are selling it for that price.

Mr Pantelaras was asking £6,000 for his collection. [VERB noun + for]

[Also VERB noun]

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be asking for trouble/be asking for it

动词短语：

ask after

ask around

ask 的更多同义词

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词汇频率

ask in American

(æsk ; ask; ɑsk ; äsk)

及物动词

to use words in seeking the answer to (a question); try to find out about by inquiring

to put a question to (a person); inquire of

to request; solicit; beg

to demand or expect as a price

they ask ten dollars for it

to be in need of or call for (a thing)

to invite

不及物动词

to request information

to make a request (for)

to inquire (about, after, or for)

10.

to behave in such a way that one appears to be looking (for trouble, punishment, etc.)

SYNONYMY NOTE: ask and the more formal , inquire, query usually denote no more than the seeking of an answer or information, but , query also often implies doubt as to the correctness of something [the printer queried the spelling of several words]; question, interrogate imply the asking of a series of questions [to question a witness], interrogate adding the further implication of systematic examination [to interrogate a prisoner of war]; catechize is equivalent to , interrogate but implies the expectation of certain fixed answers, esp. with reference to religious doctrine; , quiz, used esp. in schools, implies a short, selective questioning to test factual knowledge of some subject

OPPOSITES: answer, tell

派生形式

asking (ˈasking)

名词

asker (ˈasker)

名词

ask 的词源

ME askien < OE āscian < IE base *ais-, to wish, desire > Sans iccháti, (he) seeks, OHG eiscōn, inquire, demand

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ask in British

(ɑːsk )

动词

1. (often foll by about)

to put a question (to); request an answer (from)

she asked (him) about God

2. (transitive)

to inquire about

she asked him the time of the train

she asked the way

3. (transitive)

to direct or put (a question)

4. (may take a clause as object or an infinitive; often foll by for)

to make a request or demand

she asked (him) for information

they asked for a deposit

5. (transitive)

to demand or expect (esp in the phrases ask a lot of, ask too much of)

6. Also: ask out, ask over (transitive)

to request (a person) politely to come or go to a place; invite

he asked her to the party

7. (transitive)

to need; require

the job asks both time and patience

8. (transitive) archaic

to proclaim (marriage banns)

名词

9. a big ask

派生形式

asker (ˈasker)

名词

ask 的词源

Old English āscian; related to Old Frisian āskia, Old Saxon ēscon, Old High German eiscōn

词汇频率

Ask in British

(ɑːsk )

名词

Norse mythology

the first human, created by the gods from an ash tree

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ask in Finance

(æsk)

名词

(Finance: Investment, Stocks)

The ask is the price at which someone is willing to sell stocks or property in auction.

Dealers quote two premiums on each contract, with the bid being what buyers are willing to pay, and the ask being what sellers want to be paid.

The market maker usually buys the stock at the bid price, hoping to sell it later at the ask price and earn the difference.

The ask is the price at which someone is willing to sell stocks or property in auction.

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She was rather disgusted that she had not thought to ask Filip to pack any food. Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)Let her breathe the air outside of Sanctuary for a time and then ask her the same question. Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)Walter, she checked into that hotel alone - don't ask me why, I can't explain it. Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2001)

We're friends, so I'm going to keep my temper and ask you what you're suggesting. Lisa Scottoline LEGAL TENDER (2001)