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• ① 问,询问
  • Ask her!问她吧!
  • ask the way问路
  • The whole thing is absurd if you ask me.依我的看法,这整个事情是荒谬的。
  • She asked me my name.她问我叫什么名字。
  • I asked him a question.=I asked a question of him.我问他一个问题。
  • No questions were asked of us.我们没有被问到任何问题。
  • I asked her about her school.我问她有关她的学校的情形。
  • There is something I want to ask you about.我有件事要问你。
  • I asked him what he wanted.我问他要什么。
  • Ask him whether [if] he knows her.问他是否认识她。
  • I asked her where she had been.我问她到过什么地方[什么地方去了]。
  • She asked me which to choose.她问我要选哪一个。
  • I asked who he was.我问他是谁。
  • I asked how he had managed to open the safe.我问他如何说法打开那个保险箱。
  • I asked where he lived.我问他住在哪里。
  • Ask (him) how to do it.问(他)如何做法。
  • Do you know her? I asked.「你认识她吗?」我问。

• ② 请求,央求,祈求,恳求
  • She asked our help.她请求我们帮助。
  • If you want to go abroad, you must ask your father's permission.如果你想出国,你必须请求你父亲的许可。
  • I wish to ask you a favor [ask a favor of you].我想请你帮个忙;我想求你一件事。
  • We must ask help from your father.我们必须请令尊帮助。
  • I asked him for help [advice].我请求他帮助[忠告]。
  • Can I ask you (for) a small favor?我可以请你帮个小忙吗?
  • He asked us to leave the room.他请我们离开房间。
  • He asked her to marry him.他求她嫁给他。
  • Please ask them not to make so much noise.请要求他们不要发出这么多的噪音。
  • He asked to see [asked that he might see] the book.他要求看那本书。
  • I only asked that you (should) be quiet.我只要求你安静(★【口】通常不用 should)。

• ③ 要价,讨价索价
  • How much [What price] did he ask?他索价多少?
  • He asked a high price.他索取高价。
  • He asked (me) $300 for it.那东西[那件事]他(向我)索价三百美元。
  • You're asking too much (for the watch).(这手表)你索价太高了。

• ④ 邀约,邀请(=invite)
  • I'll ask her for dinner.我要请她吃饭。
  • I asked them to the party.我邀请他们赴宴。
  • He asked me to dine with him at the club.他请我在俱乐部(和他)共餐。
  • Shall I ask her in?我可以请她进来吗?
  • He has asked her out several times already.他已邀她外出好几次。
  • I asked her over to my house.我邀请她到我的家来。

• ⑤ (事物)需要(=need; call for; require)
  • This experiment asks much time and money.这项实验需要很多时间和金钱。
  • This job asks patience.这件工作需要耐心。
  • The research asked much money of him.那研究要了他很多钱。

• ⑥ 【古】公布(结婚预告);公布…的结婚预告ask the banns(牧师)在结婚仪式中公布结婚预告(询问与会者有无异议)
  • They were asked in church.他们的结婚预告在教堂里被宣布。