| 释义 |
Adjective: demanding di'mãnding- Requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
"found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"
Verb: demand di'mãnd- Request urgently and forcefully
"The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager" - Require as useful, just, or proper
"This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
- necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for - Claim as due or just
"The bank demanded payment of the loan"
- exact - Lay legal claim to
- Summon to court
- Ask to be informed of
"I demand an explanation"
See also: demander, demandingly, difficult, exacting, exigent, hard, hard to please, hard-to-please, needy, rigorous, stern, strict, stringent, tight Type of: bespeak, call for, cite, claim, quest, request, summon, summons Antonym: undemanding Encyclopedia: Demand |