4 ASK: 询问；要；要求，请求；邀请

词组讲解

1. ask about sb. or sth. *** 询问

解 短语动词；词义溯源：询问与某人或某事有关的问题

例 Did Sarah ask about me, or has she completely forgotten our old relationship?

2. ask for sb. or sth. *** 要求见某人或与某人谈话；要某物；要求指点

解 短语动词；词义溯源：对某人或某事提出要求（请求）

例 Sir, there's a man at the reception desk asking for you. Shall I let him in?

3. ask for the moon ** 要得不到的东西；要求过分

解 习语；词义溯源：要［月亮（moon）］

例 He said he loved her so much that even if she asked for the moon he'd get for her.

4. ask for trouble / ask for it ** 自讨苦吃；自找麻烦

解 习语；词义溯源：要［困难、麻烦（trouble）］

例 The boy had been teasing and hitting the dog, so he was asking for it when he got bit.

5. ask sb. for sth. *** 要求某人给某物或做某事

解 短语动词；词义溯源：向某人要某物或要求某人做某事

例 I'm busy right now. Ask him for his telephone number and I'll get back with him later.

6. ask sb. out / ask out sb. *** 向某人提出约会的邀请

解 短语动词；词义溯源：邀请某人［出去（out）］

例 Many boys, fearing rejection, are afraid to ask a girl out.

参考译文

1. 萨拉有没有问起我，还是她已经完全忘记了我们以前的关系？

2. 先生，服务台有人找您。我可以让他进来吗？

3. 他说他太爱她了，就算她想要天上的月亮，他也会为她摘下。

4. 那个男孩一直在戏弄和拍打那只狗，所以他被咬也是自找的。

5. 我现在很忙。向他要电话号码吧，我等会儿给他打过去。

6. 许多男孩因害怕被拒绝而不敢约女孩出去。