| 单词 | urgency |
| 释义 | urgency (once / 1668 pages) 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 FAMILYurgency: urgencies+/urge: urged, urgent, urges, urging/urgent: urgency, urgentest, urgently/urging: urgings USAGE EXAMPLESBut 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, pressurethe state of demanding notice or attention criticality, criticalness, crucialitya 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, instancythe 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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