| 单词 | requisition |
| 释义 | requisition (once / 1708 pages) nv Requisition is a very official-sounding word that usually means "to take or seize." We're sorry that your luxury suite has been requisitioned by the mayor's office. No, we have no idea what he's doing in there. Requisition looks a little like "request" and, in fact, it comes from the Old French word meaning exactly that. It can still be used that way, like when you make a requisition for a new office desk because the old one has three broken drawers. If a police officer requisitions your car for use in a high speed chase, it will initially require less paperwork. WORD FAMILYrequisition: derequisition, requisitioned, requisitioning, requisitions+/require: required, requirement, requires, requiring, requisition/requirement: requirements USAGE EXAMPLESGeorge W Bush ran his from hastily requisitioned office space in Washington DC. The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016) In a desperate attempt to save lives, the government has requisitioned army health workers though most patients were still languishing without care. Washington Times(Nov 24, 2016) Its only legal use would be when data need to be requisitioned. BBC(Nov 07, 2016) 1n the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use Hyper demand an urgent or peremptory request 2n an official form on which a request in made first you have to fill out the requisition Syn|Hyper requisition form form a printed document with spaces in which to write 3n seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized Syn|Hyper sequestration appropriation a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner 4v make a formal request for official services Hyper command, require make someone do something 5v demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service Ant|Hyper derequisition release from government control arrogate, claim, lay claim demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to |
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