urgent
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈɜːdʒəntˈɜ:dʒənt]
- 美式音标 [ˈɝː.dʒənt]
- 国际音标 ['ə:dʒənt]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.紧急的;急迫的;坚持要求的
词源解说
- 1456年进入英语,直接源自中世纪法语的urgent,意为沉重的,紧急的;最初源自古典拉丁语的urgentem,意为使劲压。
词根记忆
- urg(迫使) + ent(…的)→紧急迫使的→急迫的
- urg(驱使) + ent(形容词后缀)→不断驱使的→急迫的
- 来自urge(v.催促,迫切)
- urg(驱使) + ent(…的)→不断驱使的→急迫的,紧急的
用法辨析
- urgent后面跟不定式时,意为“坚持要……”,He was urgent to have more. 他坚持要更多。
- urgent可接that从句,但是所引导的从句中,谓语动词用虚拟现在式。It is urgent that he start.
英汉例句
- We have an urgent thing.
我们有一件紧要的事情。 - He says the matter is urgent.
他说这事很紧急。 - She was urgent for the doctor to come.
她催促医生快点来。 - It is most urgent that the patient should get to hospital.
那病人应该马上送医院。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
It is/was+~+that-clause
词组短语
- Urgent Care 紧急护理;紧急救护;应急诊所
- urgent telegram 急电
- UGT URGENT 急迫;紧急
- most urgent 十万火急;急如星火;形容非常紧急
- urgent service 加急业务;加急服务
短语
英英字典
- (IMPORTANT) needing attention very soon, especially before anything else, because important
- (REPEATED) (especially of a person's actions) repeated and determined in trying to get or do something
- If something is urgent, it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.
- urgency
- If you speak in an urgent way, you show that you are anxious for people to notice something or to do something.
- urgency
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专业释义
- 紧急的
- 急迫的