listen

 Auto Play

listen

 Auto Play
PETS rank
urgent

?�★

  • Derivatives : adv  urgently
Font Size

Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

urgent ['əːʤənt]
  1. 1. adjective [+letter] [ message etc] 紧急
  2. 2. adjective [+need] [ voice] 急迫

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

urgent [ˈɜːrʤənt]
  1. 1. adjective 紧急的,急迫
    I get in from a dull lunch and find your urgent communication on my desk.
    我从一个沉闷午宴回来时,在桌上发现你的紧急留言
    An urgent operation was necessary to save his life.
    必须进行紧急手术来救他的命。
  2. 2. adjective 催促的,强求

Collins English-English Dictionary

urgent ['3ːʤənt]
  1. 1. adj requiring or compelling speedy action or attention
    the matter is urgent
    an urgent message
  2. 2. adj earnest and persistent
  3. 3. adj [Etymology] C15: via French from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgere to urge

Examples

We were in urgent need of unbleached white bristle to produce brush.
我们急需白猪鬃生产刷子。
An urgent appeal for assistance was sent out.
紧急援助请求已经发出。
Programmes can be deployed to meet urgent needs at certain times.
程序分配来满足一些时候的紧急需要。
An urgent operation was necessary to save his life.
必须进行紧急手术来救他的命。
Somewhere in the silence between them a telephone began its urgent, persistent ring.
在他们之间寂静的某处,一个电话急促地持续不断的响着。
We need urgent measures to help deal with the increasingly variable weather patterns.
我们需要紧急多变测量,以协助处理越来越多的易变天气模式。
Her temporary problem necessitated urgent remedy.
她暂时的问题就是需要紧急治疗。

Would you like to know more about this word? Simply click the button on the right to ask real people.
You can also check your questions and answers at ‘ My nciku > Posts ’.

Revised Vocab Lists

This word has been edited
6 times by users.

View
Content partners 外研社collins