imperative
英 [ɪm'perətɪv]
美 [ɪm'pɛrətɪv]
- adj. 必要的，不可避免的；緊急的；命令的，專橫的；勢在必行的；[語]祈使的
- n. 必要的事；命令；需要；規則；[語]祈使語氣
助記提示
1. empire， emperor => imperative.
中文詞源
imperative 重要的，迫切的詞源同empire,帝國，帝權。即皇帝的命令，引申詞義重要的，迫切的。拚寫比較inimical,enemy,invidious,envy.
英文詞源
- imperative
- imperative: see empire
- imperative (adj.)
- 1520s, from Late Latin imperativus "pertaining to a command," from imperatus "commanded," past participle of imperare "to command, to requisition," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + parare "prepare" (see pare).
- imperative (n.)
- mid-15c., in grammar; later "something imperative" (c. 1600), from Old French imperatif and directly from Late Latin imperativus (see imperative (adj.)).
雙語例句
- 1. It was imperative that he act as naturally as possible.
- 最重要的是他要做到盡可能自然。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is absolutely imperative that we finish by next week.
- 我們的當務之急是必須於下周完成。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Job creation has become an imperative for the government.
- 創造就業機會是政府必須做的事.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.
- 他老是用命令的口吻講話.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The imperative mood is a kind of grammatical phenomenon.
- 祈使語氣是一種語法現象.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》