单词 | vital |
释义 | vital (vaɪtəl ) 1. adjective B2 If you say that something is vital, you mean that it is necessary or very important. The port is vital to supply relief to millions of drought victims. Nick Wileman is a school caretaker so it is vital that he gets on well with young people. After her release, she was able to give vital information about her kidnapper. vitally adverb [usually ADVERB adjective, oft ADVERB with verb] Lesley's career in the church is vitally important to her. 2. adjective If you describe someone or something as vital, you mean that they are very energetic and full of life. They are both very vital people and a good match. They have something important to say and vital and radical ways of saying it. Collocations: vital communication As a social species, human beings need many and varied interaction experiences from birth to learn vital communication skills. Times, Sunday Times The soldiers provided signal services and filled a vital communication gap that existed in that theater. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The failure of any vital communication could cost the bank large sums in interest charged by the central bank. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tropical cyclones often knock out power to tens or hundreds of thousands of people, preventing vital communication and hampering rescue efforts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our vital communications network will effectively be in the hands of our enemy. The Sun We seem to have abandoned this vital principle. Times, Sunday Times By imposing a form of imprisonment even without charge, let alone without trial, control orders were in breach of a vital principle. Times, Sunday Times They arise in the context of a vital principle. Times, Sunday Times To him, it meant destroying the vital principle of the whole movement by converting a community enterprise into an agency of the government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This systematic transmission of official rank was, in fact, the vital principle of their government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They're taking a vital skill that the crowd love out of the game: two honest footballers, 50-50, a good crunching tackle. Times, Sunday Times The bad-mouthing of expertise, the downgrading of competence as a vital skill and the ascension of rhetoric over reality have all combined to inject us with a sort of decadence. Times,Sunday Times Within 20 minutes, we were learning to snowplough - a vital skill if you don't want to go crashing into the wall or worse, off a mountain. The Sun It will teach young people vital skills and know-how. Times, Sunday Times As well as being entertaining, colouring teaches vital skills for school. The Sun A loss of funding for us would mean a loss of vital support for vulnerable people. Times, Sunday Times Without a diagnosis people cannot access vital support, information and possible treatments. Times, Sunday Times Medical staff, rather than providing a vital support service, dominate thinking. Times, Sunday Times So simply buying a loaf means plenty of bread to pay to rehabilitate a wounded soldier or provide vital support to a bereaved family. The Sun You can find this vital support at survivorsforum. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 生死攸关的 Japanese: きわめて重大な |
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