- 1. open one's mouth (to say sth.)
- ♦ 他正要~, 一个年轻妇女抢先说了。 He was on the point of saying something when a young woman started to speak.
- 2. ask for a loan or a favour
- ♦ 我想找他帮忙, 又不好意思~。 I would have liked him to give me a hand, but found it embarrassing to ask.