urgency

英 [ˈɜːdʒənsi]

美 [ˈɜrdʒənsi]

n.  紧迫; 急迫; 急事; 紧要

复数：urgencies　

TOEFL法律

BNC.5957 / COCA.6376

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 紧迫的；紧急的；紧要的
  If something isurgent, it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.
  1. There is an urgent need for food and water...
     现在亟需食物和水。
  2. He had urgent business in New York.
     他在纽约有急事。
• ADJ-GRADED 急切的；极力主张的
  If you speak in anurgentway, you show that you are anxious for people to notice something or to do something.
  1. His voice was low and urgent...
     他的嗓音低沉而急切。
  2. His mother leaned forward and spoke to him in urgent undertones.
     他母亲身子前倾，小声而急切地跟他说话。

英英释义

noun

• pressing importance requiring speedy action
  1. the urgency of his need
• insistent solicitation and entreaty
  1. his importunity left me no alternative but to agree
  Synonym:importunityurging
• an urgent situation calling for prompt action
  1. I'll be there, barring any urgencies
  2. they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs
• the state of being urgent

双语例句

• We take risks, make big bets, and move with urgency.
  我们承担风险，作出了很大的赌注，和紧迫性的做法。
• The second is to understand the significance and urgency of energy security for the Chinese.
  其次是理解能源安全对中国的重要意义和迫切性。
• It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
  倘若这个国家忽视了此刻紧迫的形势，低估了黑人的决心，那将造成致命的后果。
• What it lacked in the past was direction, focus, and urgency.
  过去大众最缺乏的是方向、重心和紧迫感。
• Social research nowadays has a practical urgency surpassing even that of cancer research.
  当今社会研究的现实迫切性甚至超过对癌症的研究。
• He was boiling hot all over, his mind tense with a great sense of urgency.
  他全身滚热，心急如焚。
• The urgency of the situation makes it necessary to reiterate the monumental problems of population growth.
  情况的紧迫性使我们有必要重申人口增长的重大问题。
• Such initiatives have a built-in sense of urgency, and they also express the heart of the equity argument.
  这些行动体现了内在的紧迫感，并反映了核心的公平原则。
• Arms control has a value and urgency entirely apart from the status of political issues.
  军备限制有其完全区别于政治问题情况的价值和迫切性。
• I need not press on you the urgency of the matter.
  我用不着向你强调这事的紧迫性了。