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单词 urgency
释义
urgency
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n

When something has urgency it requires speedy action. If your weather report is flashing red and predicting a hurricane with record rainfall, that forecast would give some urgency to getting that hole in your roof fixed.
Urgency comes from the Latin urgere, which means "press, or drive," and it's related to the English word urge. If there's urgency to a situation, it's a pressing issue and you have to respond quickly! Urgency also means an earnest and insistent need. When your friend calls and tells you, "Get into the basement, the hurricane is coming," there would be an urgency in your friend's voice that would make you scurry downstairs to safety.
WORD FAMILY
urgency: urgencies+/urge: urged, urgent, urges, urging/urgent: urgency, urgentest, urgently/urging: urgings
USAGE EXAMPLES
But in retrospect the seismic shocks of 2016, both political and environmental, lent greater urgency to her nightmare vision.
The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)
Security Council resolution declaring the settlements illegal brought renewed focus and urgency to the problem.
Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)
“There is a newfound urgency here,” he says.
New York Times(Dec 27, 2016)
1n the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
Hypo|Hyper
haste, hurry
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure
the state of demanding notice or attention
criticality, criticalness, cruciality
a state of critical urgency
necessity
the condition of being essential or indispensable
2n pressing importance requiring speedy action
the urgency of his need
Hypo|Hyper
edge, sharpness
the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
imperativeness, instancy
the quality of being insistent
importance
the quality of being important and worthy of note
3n an urgent situation calling for prompt action
I'll be there, barring any urgencies
they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs
Hyper
situation
a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
4n insistent solicitation and entreaty
Syn|Hyper
importunity, urging
solicitation
an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
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