request

re-,表强调，-quest,要求，询问，词源同 query,question.

request

request: [14] Request and require [14] come from the same ultimate source: Latin requīrere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and quaerere ‘ask, search’ (source of English enquire, question, etc). It originally meant ‘seek again, ask for again’, and it passed into Vulgar Latin as *requaerere, whose feminine past participle *requaesita has given English request. ‘Ask for’ gradually passed via ‘demand’ into ‘need’, and it was in this sense that English acquired the verb *requaerere, through Old French requere, as require.

Derivatives include requisite [15] and requisition [16].
=> enquire, inquest, query, question, requisition

request (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French requeste (Modern French requête) "a request," from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requisita "a thing asked for," fem. of requisitus "requested, demanded," from past participle stem of requirere (see require).

request (v.)

1530s, from request (n.) or from Middle French requester, from Old French requester "ask again, request, reclaim," from requeste. Related: Requested; requesting.

1. At Miss Garbo's request there was a crema-tion after a private ceremony.

应嘉宝小姐的要求，在私人悼念仪式结束后将进行火葬。

2. The President is also expected to request a rescheduling of loan repayments.

预计总统还会要求延长借款偿还期限。

3. Chambermaids will bring an iron or hair dryer on request.

只要提出要求，清理房间的女服务员就会送来熨斗或电吹风。

4. Price quotes on selected product categories will be sent on request.

所选产品类别的报价承索即寄。

5. Vietnam made an official request that the meeting be postponed.

越南已经正式请求将会议推迟。