单词	peremptory
释义	peremptorype‧remp‧to‧ry /pəˈremptəri/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINperemptory Origin: 1200-1300 Latin peremptorius, from perimere ‘to take completely, destroy’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a peremptory tone of voice EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He is peremptory even with a doorbell button. If he found her tone peremptory he gave no sign of it. Nabokov, who is exceedingly peremptory with all translators of Flaubert, renders this as whippet. Nevertheless, the peremptory dismissal of the book which established the modern discipline of macroeconomics is disconcerting. Then each side can exercise 23 peremptory challenges, excusing jurors without having to cite a cause. Then we get a peremptory phone call telling us we've got twenty-four hours to arrange a local arrest squad. Today, uniformed warders break that first ethereal stillness with their peremptory warnings about smoking and taking pictures. peremptory behaviour, speech etc is not polite or friendly and shows that the person speaking expects to be obeyed immediately:  a peremptory demand for silence—peremptorily adverb
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