| [/ɪmˈperətɪv; ɪmˋpɛrətɪv/] adj 用法:
1 [usu pred通常作表语] very urgent or important; needing immediateattention 紧急; 重要; 需要立即处理:
It is imperative that we make a quick decision. 我们要尽快做出决定. 用法:
2 expressing a command; authoritative 命令式的; 必须服从的; 专断的; 权威的:
an imperative tone of voice that had to be obeyed 必须服从的命令腔调. 用法:
3 (grammar) of the verb form that expresses a command 祈使的:
`Go!' is in the imperative mood. `Go!'是祈使语气的句子. Cf 参看 indicative, infinitive, subjunctive. imperative 2
n 用法:
1 (grammar) (verb in the) mood2 that expresses a command 祈使语气（的动词）:
In `Go away!' the verb is in the imperative. 在`Go away!'中用的是祈使语气的动词. *
`Go!' is an imperative. `Go!'是祈使语气的动词. 用法:
2 thing that is essential or urgent 必要的事; 紧急的事; 必须履行的责任; 需要; 必要性:
Survival is our first imperative. 我们当务之急是设法生存下来. *
a moral imperative 道德上的责任. |