文档介绍：选修9全册重点词语辨析
（问答形式）
urge, ask, request, beg
【问】在 Unit 1 中有这样一个句子:He had been urged by his spiritual leader to enter the marathon even though he had done no training. （P 3） 请问，urge 这个词木口 ask, request, beg 有•何 区别？
【答】这几个词都含有“请求”、“要求”等意思。
ask表示“请求，要求”，是最常用的词，往往含有期待对方给予冋答或作出反应的意思。 当你觉得所要求的东西会得到时，或者不可能被拒绝时，最好用a$k。如：
He asked me to help 。
Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the ，但是他终于走了进去，并且要求看一看摆在橱窗里的一 件衣裙。
request表示“请求，要求”，要比ask正式得多，指“比较正式或有礼貌地请求”，常 用于“担心对方由于种种原因不能答应”的场合。即当你觉得所要求的东西不会得到时，或 者有可能被拒绝时，报好用request,以表示谦逊或者客气。此外‘request还可以用作名词。 如：
You are sincerely requested to be present at the 。
If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey 求，你不可能不服从。
beg表示“请求”意思时，含有谦恭、恳求、乞求的意味，有时用于客套语中。如： He knew he had hurt her and begged her to forgive 。
1 beg to point out that you are 。
I beg your pardon?对不起，你说什么？（正式场合用语）
urge则往往表示“迫切要求”、“强烈要求”、“力促”、“催促” Z意。无论从程度和迫 切性方面，都比以上几个词强烈得多。如：
They urged us to give them our 。
The teacher urged her to study 。
voyage, journey, trip, tour, travel, expedition
【问】在 Unit 2 屮有这样一个句了： The voyages of travellers before the 17th century show that they were not at the mercy of the sea even though they did not have modern navigational aids. （P 12）请问，voyage 和 journ