English Dictionary

ask

/ˈɑːsk/

verb

(transitive or ditransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question). / To put forward (a question) to be answered. / To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

Can I ask you a question?

意味（1）

(transitive or ditransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

I asked her age.

意味（2）

To put forward (a question) to be answered.

to ask a question

意味（3）

To interrogate or enquire of (a person).

I'm going to ask this lady for directions.

意味（4）

To request or petition; usually with for.

to ask for a second helping at dinner

意味（5）

To request permission to do something.

She asked to see the doctor.

意味（6）

To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.

What price are you asking for the house?

意味（7）

To invite.

Don't ask them to the wedding.

意味（8）

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

意味（9）

(figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.

Even when the damage isn't that clear cut, the intangible burdens of a bad image can add up. Just ask Dow Chemical.