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单词 urgent
释义
urgent
adjective
uk
/ˈɜː.dʒənt/us
/ˈɝː.dʒənt/

urgentadjective(IMPORTANT)

B1
veryimportantandneedingattentionimmediately:
He's got tosignthatpaper- will youtellhim it's urgent?他务必要签署那份文件——请你告诉他这很紧急，好吗?
The most urgent thing in afireis to makesureeveryone is out of thebuilding.失火时最紧要的事是确保所有人都撤离大楼。
Manypeopleareinurgentneed offoodandwater.很多人亟需食物和水。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
having a bad result or outcome
  • seriousHer condition is not thought to be serious.
  • badHe got a bad case of food poisoning.
  • bigOnline fraud is a big problem.
  • majorIt's not a major problem, but it does need to be taken care of.
  • graveThe public are in grave danger.
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More examples
  • Let'sleavethatmatterasidefor now andtalkabout the more urgentproblemfacingus.
  • Excuse me, but I have some urgentbusinesstoattendto.
  • This is aproblemthatrequiresurgentattention.
  • Jack is in need of an urgentoperation.
  • I'mafraidthis can'twait- it really is urgent.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Very important or urgent
  • all-important
  • at all cost(s)idiom
  • be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
  • chief
  • clutch
  • co-principal
  • life-and-death
  • life-changing
  • mainly
  • major league
  • make the world go around/roundidiom
  • meaningful
  • pressing
  • prized
  • prominent
  • radical
  • revalorization
  • revalorize
  • sacred
  • subtle
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urgentadjective(REPEATED)

formal
(especiallyof a person'sactions)repeatedanddeterminedintryingto get or do something:
（尤指某人的行动）执着的，坚定的
His urgentpleasofinnocencemade nodifferenceto the judge'sdecision.他一再申辩自己无罪，却无法改变法官的判决。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Strong-willed
  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • adamantly
  • aggressive
  • aggressively
  • go-getting
  • going
  • gutsy
  • hard-boiled
  • hard-headed
  • pigheadedly
  • purposeful
  • purposefully
  • pushy
  • recalcitrant
  • ultra-serious
  • unbending
  • undaunted
  • unrelenting
  • unrelentingly
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Related words

urgency
urgently
(Definition ofurgentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
urgent
adjective
uk
/ˈɜː.dʒənt/us
/ˈɝː.dʒənt/

urgentadjective(IMPORTANT)

B1
needingattentionverysoon,especiallybefore anythingelse, becauseimportant
紧急的，急迫的
He's got tosignthatpaper- will youtellhim it's urgent?他务必要签署那份文件——请你告诉他这很紧急，好吗?
The most urgent thing in afireis to makesureeveryone is out of thebuilding.失火时最紧要的事是确保所有人都撤离大楼。
Manypeopleareinurgentneed offoodandwater.很多人亟需食物和水。
More examples
  • Let'sleavethatmatterasidefor now andtalkabout the more urgentproblemfacingus.
  • Excuse me, but I have some urgentbusinesstoattendto.
  • This is aproblemthatrequiresurgentattention.
  • Jack is in need of an urgentoperation.
  • I'mafraidthis can'twait- it really is urgent.

urgentadjective(REPEATED)

formal
(especiallyof a person'sactions)repeatedanddeterminedintryingto get or do something
（尤指某人的行动）执着的，坚定的
His urgentpleasofinnocencemade nodifferenceto the judge'sdecision.他一再申辩自己无罪，却无法改变法官的判决。

urgent| American Dictionary

urgent
adjective
us
/ˈɜr·dʒənt/
needingimmediateattention:
Theplumbingin thisbuildingis in urgent need ofrepair.

urgency

noun[U]us
/ˈɜr·dʒən·si/
There was asenseof urgency in hervoice.

urgently

adverbus
/ˈɜr·dʒənt·li/
Floodvictimsurgently needmedicalcare.
(Definition ofurgentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofurgent

urgent
Consequently, there is anurgentneed for the development of novel therapies for the treatment of osteomyelitis.
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Such changes, which had by then becomeurgent, were also welcomed, for they reflected an almost universally acknowledged need.
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A number of such buildings were in every respect inurgentneed of restoration.
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However, according to the editorial, this goal had become even moreurgentin the present epoch.
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There is anurgentneed for more socioeconomic information in this field to help set guidelines for the future.
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Theurgentneed to improve health care quality.
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Greek tragedy concerns a single problem that becomes more and moreurgentuntil it culminates in crime.
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Information from unconventional sources not related to the industry carries the extra burden of having to be proved relevant orurgent.
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At the same time, the need for careful linguistic description is asurgentas ever, for the dual purposes of scientific inquiry and clinical application.
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Taking patient age distribution and medical advances into account, this will become a major medical problem of the twenty-first century; one that requiresurgentattention.
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However, if the medical conditions of those others will deteriorate while they await treatment, that could put even more people in "urgentneed" of treatment.
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When the question about the goal is answered, the question about conditions for such successful achievements becomes even moreurgent.
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Whatever the interpretation, the cumulative research and survey data since 1978 suggests anurgentneed to took at the justifications, dynamics and effectiveness of grouping.
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Our fieldwork pointed up two further areas of concern, both of which need close andurgentattention in programmes of professional development for heads.
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Cuts in benefit, combined withurgentdemands to move into compliance, may be more appropriate as an immediate response.
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