| 单词 | urgent |
| 释义 | urgent (once / 325 pages) adj If something is urgent it requires immediate attention or action. If you break your leg, you'll need urgent attention at the hospital — that means the doctors will tend to you without delay. Urgent comes from the Latin word urgentem, meaning "to press hard, urge." You can see that urgent contains the word urge, meaning "to demand or insist." When you get an urgent message, you need to drop what you're doing to deal with it. An urgent need, like hunger, is a pressing one. If you're a music fan, you might know the song "Urgent" by the band Foreigner. The song's lyrics "make it fast, make it urgent" and its frenetic style help define the word. WORD FAMILYurgent: urgency, urgentest, urgently+/urge: urged, urgent, urges, urging/urgency: urgencies/urging: urgings USAGE EXAMPLESThese aren’t your typical protests but are our young democracy’s natural response to an urgent existential threat. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Still, quarterback is a more complicated, urgent and tone-setting position. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) That incident happened on 30 December and again the man - believed to be from Gabon - required urgent medical attention. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) adj compelling immediate action the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!' bridges in urgent need of repair Syn pressing imperative requiring attention or action |
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