ask
[ɑ:sk]
vi. 问, 求

vt. 问, 求, 邀请, 需

[] 讨价

1. May I ask a question?
   问问题吗？
2. I have asked some friends for tea.
   请些喝茶。
3. Did you ask the price?
   问价吗？

ask
[ verb ]

1. inquire about

<verb.communication> enquire inquire
I asked about their special today
He had to ask directions several times

2. make a request or demand for something to somebody

<verb.communication>
She asked him for a loan

3. direct or put; seek an answer to

<verb.communication>
ask a question

4. consider obligatory; request and expect

<verb.communication> expect require
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

5. address a question to and expect an answer from

<verb.communication>
Ask your teacher about trigonometry
The children asked me about their dead grandmother

6. require as useful, just, or proper

<verb.stative> call for demand involve necessitate need postulate require take
It takes nerve to do what she did
success usually requires hard work
This job asks a lot of patience and skill
This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent

7. require or ask for as a price or condition

<verb.communication>
He is asking $200 for the table
The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage

Ask \Ask\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Asking}.] [OE. asken, ashen, axien, AS. [=a]scian,
[=a]csian; akin to OS. [=e]sc[=o]n, OHG. eisc[=o]n, Sw.
[=a]ska, Dan. [ae]ske, D. eischen, G. heischen, Lith.
j["e]sk['o]ti, OSlav. iskati to seek, Skr. ish to desire.
[root]5.]
1. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to
solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before
the person addressed.

Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. --Judg. xviii.
5.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye
shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto
you. --John xv. 7.

2. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of
remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as,
what price do you ask?

Ask me never so much dowry. --Gen. xxxiv.
12.

To whom men have committed much, of him they will
ask the more. --Luke xii.
48.

An exigence of state asks a much longer time to
conduct a design to maturity. --Addison.

3. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a
question to or about; to question.

He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
--John ix. 21.

He asked the way to Chester. --Shak.

4. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.

5. To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the
banns and the persons. --Fuller.

Syn: To beg; request; seek; petition; solicit; entreat;
beseech; implore; crave; require; demand; claim;
exhibit; inquire; interrogate. See {Beg}.


Ask \Ask\, v. i.
1. To request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to
ask for bread.

Ask, and it shall be given you. --Matt. vii.
7.

2. To make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed
by after.

Wherefore . . . dost ask after my name? --Gen.
xxxii. 29.


Ask \Ask\, n. [See 2d {Asker}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A water newt. [Scot. & North of Eng.]