复数： importunities

He lived in a slum ; he never appeared in society ; he avoided meeting the emperor except on one single occasion when the emperor 's importunity could not be resisted ; he refused all invitations to court functions on the ground that he possessed no court dress .

他居住在贫民窟中，从来没出现在社会上，除了有一次皇帝强求要与他见面，他无法拒绝外，从来不与皇帝见面，他拒绝所有的宫廷活动的邀请，因为他说他没有宫廷礼服。

I say unto you , though he will not rise and give him , because he is his friend , yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth .

我告诉你们、虽不因他是朋友起来给他、但因他情词迫切的直求、就必起来照他所需用的给他。