demanded
past simple and past participle ofdemand
| 单词 | demanded |
| 释义 | demanded past simple and past participle ofdemand demand verb[T] uk/dɪˈmɑːnd/us/dɪˈmænd/demandverb[T](REQUEST)B1 toaskfor somethingforcefully, in a way thatshowsthat you do notexpectto berefused: I demanded anexplanation. Theunionis demanding a sevenpercentpayrisethisyear. He has always demanded thehigheststandardsofbehaviourfromhischildren. [+ speech]"And where do youthinkyou're going?" demanded thepoliceofficer. [+ to infinitive]I demandtoseethemanager. [+ that]She demandedthathereturnthebooksheborrowedfrom her. to ask for something
Giving orders & commands
demandverb[T](NEED)B2 to need something such astime,effort, or aparticularquality: This is a verydifficultpieceofmusictoplay- it demands a lot ofconcentration. Heseemstolackmany of thequalitiesdemandedof(=neededby)asuccessfulpolitician. Lacking things
Examplesofdemandeddemanded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. That principle, to recall, said that an agent should per form those actionsdemandedby plans it was optimal to adopt. From theCambridge English Corpus Obviously, the formalised behaviourdemandedof visitors is no different from that expected in museums all over the world. From theCambridge English Corpus However, what differs is the size of the bus operated, not the amount of workdemanded. 11. From theCambridge English Corpus The studentsdemandeda music education that affirms their own musical values and their strong preference for popular music. From theCambridge English Corpus Local populations no longer ascribed to them any dignifying quality, and increasinglydemandedfrom them a total participation in the war effort. From theCambridge English Corpus Arguing that the existing crisis was hurting society as a whole, the socialistsdemandedfrom government and parliament prompt measures to alleviate the situation. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, market developments made clear that consumersdemanded' natural' products. From theCambridge English Corpus So the defencedemandedinstead a reorientation of military jurisdiction, which during the monarchy had been seen as the 'people's hangman'. From theCambridge English Corpus There was no consensus or continuity in the network and it was difficult for outsiders to learn the new and complicated hybrid rolesdemanded. From theCambridge English Corpus Recently, consumers havedemandedhigher welfare for domestic animals and husbandry systems with a minimum use of drugs and chemicals. From theCambridge English Corpus It shows instead the heavy toll which commitment to a liberation movementdemandedfrom individuals. From theCambridge English Corpus Because the focus was on the sound and not the visual image, the studio sessiondemandedless pageantry than did public performance. From theCambridge English Corpus Southern nationalism's realpolitik neverthelessdemandedthat partition was rationalized as a matter of self-preservation. From theCambridge English Corpus This complexity suggests the need to interface the morphological analysis with a formal proof system which allows us to verify easily the propertiesdemanded. From theCambridge English Corpus If esteem cannot bedemandedor supplied, then the possibility of a true economy of esteem evaporates. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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