If a friend keeps asking you to do something you do not want to do, you might ask him to leave you alone or "stop bugging me."

VOA: special.2009.06.28

One thing I do ask you: If you are not doing it, if you don't participate, simply just keep quiet.

我对你们的一个要求是：,如果你不做，不参与的同学，请保持安静。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Ask not what you can do for your country, etc.

不要问你能为你的国家做些什么这样的问题。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Believe me,Giovanni, I did not ask him to do this to you.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

Now we can ask, not what did you do, but what should you do?

我们不讨论你做了些什么,而讨论你应该怎么做

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

And in 1961, during the Cold War with the Soviet Union, John Kennedy urged people to take an active part in the future: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

VOA: special.2009.01.19