imperative
英 [ɪm'perətɪv]
美[ɪm'pɛrətɪv]
- adj. 必要的，不可避免的；紧急的；命令的，专横的；势在必行的；[语]祈使的
- n. 必要的事；命令；需要；规则；[语]祈使语气
词态变化
复数: imperatives;
助记提示
1. empire， emperor => imperative.
中文词源
imperative 重要的，迫切的
词源同empire,帝国，帝权。即皇帝的命令，引申词义重要的，迫切的。拼写比较inimical,enemy,invidious,envy.
英文词源
- imperative
- imperative: see empire
- imperative (adj.)
- 1520s, from Late Latin imperativus "pertaining to a command," from imperatus "commanded," past participle of imperare "to command, to requisition," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + parare "prepare" (see pare).
- imperative (n.)
- mid-15c., in grammar; later "something imperative" (c. 1600), from Old French imperatif and directly from Late Latin imperativus (see imperative (adj.)).
双语例句
- 1. It was imperative that he act as naturally as possible.
- 最重要的是他要做到尽可能自然。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is absolutely imperative that we finish by next week.
- 我们的当务之急是必须于下周完成。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Job creation has become an imperative for the government.
- 创造就业机会是政府必须做的事.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.
- 他老是用命令的口吻讲话.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The imperative mood is a kind of grammatical phenomenon.
- 祈使语气是一种语法现象.
来自《简明英汉词典》