beg the question

释义

1. 1

   令人置疑；引起疑问

   to make sb want to ask a question that has not yet been answered

   All of which begs the question as to who will fund the project.所有这一切都令人想到究竟由谁来投资该工程的问题。

2. 2

   想当然

   to talk about sth as if it were definitely true, even though it might not be

   These assumptions beg the question that children learn languages more easily than adults.这些假设想当然地认为儿童比成年人学习语言容易。

电影里这样说 · 4 部

• These things beg the question...Batman Begins2005
• Which begs the question, who is the new Ant-Man?Ant-Man2015
• Which begs the obvious question. Who cares?Changeling2008
• And, oh, by the way, Bobby Boucher is also the team's waterboy, which, of course, begs the question:The Waterboy1998

同一词条的短语

• beg leave to do
• be going begging
• beg pardon
• I beg to differ
• I beg your pardon
• beg off