beg the question

短语

避重就轻,不正面回答问题,回避要害

发音

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词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To raise or prompt a question.

    Three people were hurt in the fire at the warehouse last night, which begs the question: what were they doing there in the first place?

  2. 2.

    To engage in the logical fallacy of begging the question (petitio principii).

    法律 数学 哲学
  3. 3.

    To sidestep or fail to address a question.

    1860, Henry Adams, letter, 6 May However I hope we shall do better as we go on and as long as there's no dodging or begging the question on our side, I'm not afraid.

词源

Translating Latin petītiō prīncipiī, itself translating Ancient Greek τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ αἰτεῖσθαι (tò en arkhēî aiteîsthai, “to assume from the beginning”).

来源：wiktionary