| 釋義 |
cravevt.
1.desire渴望。
△Rom.3.3.5:“What sorrow cravesacquaintance at my hand.”i.e.desires to know mebetter.又有什么不幸的事情想來和我攀交情？
△1H.Ⅵ.1.1.159:“The Earl of Salisbury craveth supply，”騷茲伯利伯爵盼望援軍。
△1H.Ⅵ.2.3.12:“According as your la-dyship desired,/ By message craved,so is Lord Tal-bot come.”按照夫人的心愿，口信的希望，塔爾博特大人到了。
△2H.Ⅵ.4.5.4:“The Lord Mayor craves aid of yourhonour from the Tower to defend the city from therebels.”市長希望大人能從倫敦塔里派出援兵保衛(wèi)京城、頂住叛民。
2. demand,call for要求。
△Lr.2.1.130(128):“Whichcraves the instant use.” i.e. Which demands to becarried out at once.這事是急需處理的。
△Rom.1.5.115(111):“Madam,your mother craves a word withyou.” i.e.desires to speak with you. 小姐，你媽媽要和你說句話。
△1H.Ⅵ.4.1.83:“Say,gentlemen,whatmakes you thus exclaim?/And wherefore crave youcombat,or with whom?”說說吧，二位先生，什么事情使你們這樣大喊大叫？ 你們又為什么要求決斗許可，跟誰決斗呀？
3. require,need需要，必需。
△Tw.3.1.69(61):“Andto do that well craves a kind of wit.”要扮演得好也需要才情(又譯：機智)。
△Rom.4.1.69:“Which craves asdesperate an execution / As that is desperate whichwe would prevent.”它實行起來需要采取一種不顧一切的手段，正和我們所要避免的事情是同樣的不顧一切。
△2H.Ⅳ.2.3.67:“there am I,/Till time and vantage crave mycompany.”我且在那里待著，等有利時機到來我再去合伙。
△2H.Ⅵ.3.1.288:“A breach that craves a quick ex-pedient stop!”這道裂縫需要立即進行彌補！
4. ask earnestly for,beg懇求，請求。
△Tw.2.1.5:“therefore I shall crave of you your leave,that I maybear my evils alone.”所以我要請求你準(zhǔn)許我獨自去承擔(dān)我的惡運。
△Wiv.4.4.92(90): “Though twenty thousandworthier come to crave her.”哪怕有兩萬個更了不起的人來向她求婚，也不行。
△Lr.1.1.197(194):“I crave nomore than hath your Highness offered，”在你決定拿出的之外，我不想多求。
△Mac.4.3.20:“But I shall craveyour pardon；”但是我求你原諒。
△1H.Ⅵ.5.3.104:“Perhaps I shall be rescued by the French,/And thenI need not crave his courtesy.”也許我會被法軍救出去，那么我就不必乞求他的恩惠了。
△3H.Ⅵ.2.1.208:“Andcraves your company for speedy counsel.”請你前去迅速商議。
△3H.Ⅵ.3.1.29: “the great commandingWarwick/Is thither gone to crave the French king’ssister/To wife for Edward.”那掌握大權(quán)的沃里克已經(jīng)到那里去請求法國國上的姊妹做愛德華的妻子。
△3H.Ⅵ.3.1.43:“She,on his left side,craving aid for Henry;/He,on his right,asking a wife for Edward.”她在路易的左邊，為亨利乞求援助；他在他的右邊，為愛德華要一個妻子。
△3H.Ⅵ.3.3.52:“First,to do greetings to thy royalperson,/ And then to crave a league of amity，”首先向你的御駕問安，其次請求締結(jié)一項友好盟約。
△R.Ⅲ.2.2.105: “Humbly on my knee/I crave your blessing.”我謙卑地跪下，求你給我祝福。
crave audience: beg to be heard請求謁見一談。
△H.Ⅴ.1.1.91:“The French embassador upon that instant/Craved audience；”法國大使正在那時候請求謁見。
5. inquire,ask詢問。
△ Shr.2.1.180(179):“I’ll cravethe day/When I shall ask the banns,and when bemarried.”我就請示她何日預(yù)告結(jié)婚，何日舉行婚禮。
△2H.Ⅵ.2.1.2:“give me leave/In this close walkto satisfy myself/In craving your opinion of my ti-tle，”請允許我在這條隱蔽的小徑上詢問一下你們關(guān)于我對英國王位毋庸置疑的權(quán)利的意見。 crave[kreiv]v.渴望，企求，懇求
◇ crave for sth.渴望…
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