imperative中文什么意思

adj.
1.命令的，强制的，专横的。
2.不可避免的，绝对必要的，迫切的，紧急的。
3.【语言学】祈使的。
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an imperative manner 专横的态度。 imperative mood 祈使语气。 imperative sentence 祈使句。 It is imperative that we should [it is imperative for us to] act at once. 我们必须马上行动。 an imperative duty 紧急任务。 imperative necessity 迫切需要。n.
1.命令；规则；必须做的事。
2.【语言学】祈使语气，祈使语气动词。adv.
-ly ,-ness n.

• biological imperative:    生理的必然性
• business imperative:    商业需要
• categorical imperative:    【伦理学】无上命令。

例句与用法

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1. It is imperative that we should act at once .
   我们必须马上行动。
2. Survival is our first imperative .
   我们当务之急是设法生存下来。
3. Change was unsettling, but also imperative .
   变动使人心烦，可是又少它不得。
4. It is imperative for us to act at once .
   我们必须马上行动。
5. Nixon, however, had other imperatives .
   但尼克松另有需要。

英文释义

名词

1. some duty that is essential and urgent
2. a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener''s behavior
   同义词：imperative mood, jussive mood, imperative form

a

1. requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
2. relating to verbs in the imperative mood