importune

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

im·por·tune (ĭm'pôr-to͞onʹ, -tyo͞onʹ, ĭm-pôrʹchən)v. im·por·tuned, im·por·tun·ing, im·por·tunesv. tr.
1. To beset with insistent or repeated requests; entreat pressingly.
2. Archaic. To ask for urgently or repeatedly.
3. To annoy; vex.v. intr.
To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently. See Synonyms at beg.adj.
Importunate. [French importuner, from Old French importun, inopportune, from Latin importūnus: in-, not; see in-¹ + portus, port, refuge; See per-² in Indo-European Roots.] im'por·tuneʹly adv.im'por·tunʹer n.