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(verb.) make a request or demand for something to somebody; 'She asked him for a loan'.

(verb.) consider obligatory; request and expect; 'We require our secretary to be on time'; 'Aren't we asking too much of these children?'; 'I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons'.

(verb.) inquire about; 'I asked about their special today'; 'He had to ask directions several times'.

(verb.) direct or put; seek an answer to; 'ask a question'.

(verb.) address a question to and expect an answer from; 'Ask your teacher about trigonometry'; 'The children asked me about their dead grandmother'.

(verb.) require or ask for as a price or condition; 'He is asking $200 for the table'; 'The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage'.

乔治娜手打

• Then you don't ask my advice,' says Podsnap. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Remember what I told you on the moor--and ask yourself what my assertion is worth. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• May I ask how old he is, ma'am? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Love covers a multitude of sins, and of whom could you ask more freely than of him? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Andreu Nin will find it easily by asking, if he knows what to ask for. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• May I ask you one thing more, Mr Rokesmith? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Pray ask him for them, and keep them for me, together with the rest. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The porter lit it again, and I asked if that was all the light the clerk sent. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• And then I asked him if I might come to see you; because I felt so much for his trouble and yours. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I begged a fortnight's grace from the creditor, asked for a holiday from my employers, and spent the time in begging in the City under my disguise. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I asked Mr. Farebrother to talk to her, because she had forbidden me--I didn't know what else to do, said Fred, apologetically. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I asked George Lamb if he had heard Mr. Livius's new piece. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Since that, we have quarrelled, and I have vainly asked him to return me my farce or pay me for it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• At the hotel I asked Catherine to wait in the carriage while I went in and spoke to the manager. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The next morning after the capture of Petersburg, I telegraphed Mr. Lincoln asking him to ride out there and see me, while I would await his arrival. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Andreu Nin will find it easily by asking, if he knows what to ask for. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Who raised her head upon his coming in and asking: 'Where did you go, Liz? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I have thought that if Mr. Yeobright would like to pay me a visit sometimes he shouldn't stay away for want of asking. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The Colonel had his office full of people, mostly from the neighboring States of Missouri and Kentucky, making complaints or asking favors. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But as to listening to what one lawyer says without asking another--I wonder at a man o' your cleverness, Mr. Dill. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• On the edge of her consciousness the question was asking itself, automatically: 'Why ARE you behaving in this IMPOSSIBLE and ridiculous fashion. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She asks for a hundred pounds, and endeavors to buy them off. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Will you give me a letter saying those words, which I can show to my sweetheart when he asks how I got the money? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But if no one else asks her--you know they NEVER go to hotels. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Mr. Bucket asks, conveying the expression of an artist into the turn of his eye and head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• A man always imagines a woman to be ready for any body who asks her. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Asks his mother to become, with him, a spy upon his father's transactions through a lifetime! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The man asks too much. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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