beg

Compared meaning: to ask for something (verb).

比较义项：请求，乞求（动词）。

• beg 本词

  Beg suggests urgent, humble or emotional pleading for something badly needed, typically in everyday, personal situations; it usually pairs with 'for' (beg for food) or an infinitive (beg to stay).

  beg 强调迫切、谦卑甚至带感情色彩的恳求，通常表示急需某样东西，多用于日常、私人的场合；常与介词 for 连用（beg for food，乞求食物），也可接不定式（beg to stay，恳求留下）。

  The homeless man begged passersby for spare change outside the station.

  那个无家可归的男子在车站外向路人乞讨零钱。

• solicit

  Solicit is formal and impersonal, used when an organization or business officially asks for support, funds or custom; it takes the thing requested directly as its object (solicit donations), rarely used for personal pleading.

  solicit 语气正式、客观，多用于机构或商家正式征求支持、资金或业务；后面直接接所请求之物作宾语（solicit donations，征求捐款），很少用于个人的恳求。

  The nonprofit sent volunteers door to door to solicit donations for flood victims.

  这家非营利组织派志愿者挨家挨户为洪灾受害者募捐。

Beg and solicit both mean to ask for something. Beg suggests urgent, humble, or emotional pleading for something badly needed, usually in everyday, personal situations. Solicit is formal and impersonal, used when an organization or business asks for support, funds, or custom, unlike beg.

在“请求某物”这一意义上，beg 和 solicit 都表示向别人要求得到某样东西，但语气和场合不同：beg 带有恳切甚至卑微、诉诸情感的意味，常见于日常、私人的场合；solicit 语气正式、客观，多用于机构或商家公开征求支持或资金，很少带个人情感色彩。