英语词汇“demand”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

de·mand

(dĭ-mănd)

v. de·mand·ed, de·mand·ing, de·mands

v.tr.

1. To ask for urgently or peremptorily: demand an investigation into the murder; demanding that he leave immediately; demanded to speak to the manager.

2. To claim as just or due: demand repayment of a loan.

3. To ask to be informed of: demanded an explanation for the interruption.

4. To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for: a gem that demands a fine setting.

5. Law

a. To lay legal claim to; claim formally.

b. To ask that (something) be done in accordance with a legal requirement.

v.intr.

To make a demand.

1. An act of demanding; an urgent request.

2. Something demanded: on strike until they get their demands.

3. An urgent requirement or need: the heavy demands of her job; the emotional demands of his marriage; an increased oxygen demand.

4. The state of being sought after: in great demand as a speaker.

5. Economics The desire for goods or services in an economy, measured as the amount people are ready to buy at a given price: Supply should rise to meet demand.

6. Law

a. A formal claim.

b. A request that some act be done or payment made in accordance with a legal requirement.

7. Archaic An emphatic question or inquiry.

Idiom:

on demand

1. When presented for payment: a note payable on demand.

2. When needed or asked for: fed the baby on demand.

[Middle English demanden, from Old French demander, to charge with doing, and from Medieval Latin dēmandāre, to demand, both from Latin, to entrust : dē-, de- + mandāre, to entrust; see man-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

de·manda·ble adj.

de·mander n.

单词	demand
释义	de·mand (dĭ-mănd) v. de·mand·ed, de·mand·ing, de·mands v.tr. 1. To ask for urgently or peremptorily: demand an investigation into the murder; demanding that he leave immediately; demanded to speak to the manager. 2. To claim as just or due: demand repayment of a loan. 3. To ask to be informed of: demanded an explanation for the interruption. 4. To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for: a gem that demands a fine setting. 5. Law a. To lay legal claim to; claim formally. b. To ask that (something) be done in accordance with a legal requirement. v.intr. To make a demand. n. 1. An act of demanding; an urgent request. 2. Something demanded: on strike until they get their demands. 3. An urgent requirement or need: the heavy demands of her job; the emotional demands of his marriage; an increased oxygen demand. 4. The state of being sought after: in great demand as a speaker. 5. Economics The desire for goods or services in an economy, measured as the amount people are ready to buy at a given price: Supply should rise to meet demand. 6. Law a. A formal claim. b. A request that some act be done or payment made in accordance with a legal requirement. 7. Archaic An emphatic question or inquiry. *Idiom:* *on demand* 1. When presented for payment: a note payable on demand. 2. When needed or asked for: fed the baby on demand. [Middle English demanden, from Old French demander, to charge with doing, and from Medieval Latin dēmandāre, to demand, both from Latin, to entrust : dē-, de- + mandāre, to entrust; see man-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] de·manda·ble adj. de·mander n.
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