| 单词 | emergency |
| 释义 | emergency /i merr"jeuhn see/, n. , pl. emergencies, adj. n. 1. a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action. 2. a state, esp. of need for help or relief, created by some unexpected event: a weather emergency; a financial emergency. adj. 3. granted, used, or for use in an emergency: an emergency leave; emergency lights. [1625-35; < ML emergentia, equiv. to emerg- (see EMERGE) + -entia -ENCY. See EMERGENT] Syn. 1. exigency, extremity, pinch, quandary, plight. EMERGENCY, CRISIS, STRAITS refer to dangerous situations. An EMERGENCY is a situation demanding immediate action: A power failure created an emergency in transportation. A CRISIS is a vital or decisive turning point in a condition or state of affairs, and everything depends on the outcome of it: Help arrived when affairs had reached a crisis. STRAIT (usually STRAITS) suggests a pressing situation, often one of need or want: The family was in desperate straits for food and clothing. |
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