imperative
imperative 英 [ɪmˈperətɪv] 美 [ɪmˈpɛrətɪv]
adj. 紧急的；命令的，[语]祈使的 n. 紧急的事；[语]祈使语气
名词复数:imperatives
- When something absolutely has to be done and cannot be put off, use the adjective imperative.
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- adj. 紧急的；命令的，[语]祈使的
- n. 紧急的事；[语]祈使语气
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1. 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。
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2. It is imperative to continue the treatment for at least two months.
必须继续治疗至少两个月。
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3. an imperative tone
命令的语调
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4. an imperative sentence
祈使句
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5. ‘Go away!’ is an imperative.
*Go away! 是祈使句。
- imperative (adj.) 1520s, in grammar, from Late Latin imperativus "pertaining to a command," from imperat-, past participle stem of imperare "to command, requisition," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (from PIE root *en "in") + parare "to arrange, prepare, adorn" (from PIE root *pere-(1) "to produce, procure").
- imperative (n.) mid-15c., in grammar; later "something imperative" (c. 1600), from Old French imperatif in the grammatical sense (13c.) and directly from Late Latin imperativus (see imperative (adj.)). In philosophy from 1796.
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