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- urgent ['3ːʤənt]
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1.
adj
requiring or compelling speedy action or attention
- the matter is urgent
- an urgent message
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2.
adj
earnest and persistent
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3.
adj
[Etymology]
C15: via French from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urg
e re tourge
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1.
adj
requiring or compelling speedy action or attention
Examples
- He is calling an urgent meeting for immediate action on the public relations crisis.
- 他立即召开紧急会议应对公关危机。 → immediate
- the matter is urgent → urgent
- an urgent message → urgent
- 紧急动议
- an urgent motion → 动议
- 任务十分紧急，必须火速完成。
- It's an urgent task and must be completed at once. → 火速
- 事情很急，必须立即处理。
- The matter is pressing (or urgent) and must be dealt with at once. → 急
- 事情很急迫，得赶快处理。
- The matter is urgent and something's got to be done about it at once. → 急迫
- 因有急务在身，不敢在此逗留。
- I have an urgent task to attend to, so I can't make a stop -over here. → 急务
- 拣要紧的说。
- Say what you think is most urgent. → 拣
- 任务紧。
- The task is urgent. → 紧
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