单词 | urgent |
释义 | urgent (ɜːʳdʒənt ) 1. adjective B1+ If something is urgent, it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. There is an urgent need for food and water. He had urgent business in New York. Synonyms: crucial [informal], desperate, pressing, great urgency uncountable noun The urgency of finding a cure attracted some of the best minds in medical science. [+ of] It is a matter of utmost urgency. Synonyms: importance, need, necessity, gravity urgently adverb [ADVERB with verb] B1+ Red Cross officials said they urgently needed bread and water. The money was most urgently required. 2. adjective If you speak in an urgent way, you show that you are anxious for people to notice something or to do something. His voice was low and urgent. His mother leaned forward and spoke to him in urgent undertones. Synonyms: insistent, earnest, determined, intense urgency uncountable noun She was surprised at the urgency in his voice. [+ in] 'Daniel,' Pat said, her voice harsh with urgency. 'Come out here immediately.' urgently adverb [ADVERB with verb] They hastened to greet him and asked urgently, 'Did you find it?' Collocations: urgent concern Across the western world that has to be a matter of urgent concern. Times, Sunday Times The effects of the eurozone crisis on public opinion across the continent make this an urgent concern. The Times Literary Supplement Those urgent concerns can wait, and are likely to evaporate within days anyway. Times, Sunday Times There are dozens of more urgent concerns. The Sun The two men addressed the most urgent concerns of the day as they shaved at their basins and mirrors each morning. Times, Sunday Times They are told to cap the number of samples taken at 250, despite the urgent demand to monitor frontline workers. The Sun At the time there was an urgent demand for fresh supplies. Times, Sunday Times So quite quickly there arose an urgent demand for material. Times, Sunday Times Those who came decades ago in response to this country's urgent demand for labour must not be treated so shabbily. Times, Sunday Times As a result of this substantial discovery, there was an urgent demand for a community to provide support services for the mine and its workers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was described as a 'serious wake-up call' for urgent improvement. Times, Sunday Times The report stressed the need for urgent improvement of both public administration and the judicial system. Times, Sunday Times A score of two means 'improvement required', one denotes 'major improvement required' and zero means 'urgent improvement required'. Times, Sunday Times His committee has called for urgent improvements to ensure that patients are protected during a second wave. Times,Sunday Times In all, nine of the chains had restaurants rated zero - in need of 'urgent improvements'. The Sun They will have a particular impact on patients with conditions - epilepsy, respiratory illnesses - that require urgent intervention. Times, Sunday Times Be assertive and insist on urgent intervention. The Sun And researchers claim there are signs that death rates will continue to rise without 'urgent intervention'. The Sun It 'recommends urgent intervention in the process to halt the demolitions and the violation of rights of the population evicted'. Times, Sunday Times There and then he told him that enough was enough and his parents were going to stage an urgent intervention. Times, Sunday Times Through the foundation he established he aimed to hasten spiritual progress, believing it to be the most urgent issue facing humanity. Times, Sunday Times For example, they are confronting the urgent issue of climate change where nations have failed to co-operate. Times, Sunday Times I was repeatedly struck with how the person preaching was talking as though their subject matter was the most urgent issue on the planet. Christianity Today We still have no say in the most talked about and urgent issue that concerns us most. The Sun The urgent issue must take second place to the more important strategic considerations, which are also far from straightforward. Times, Sunday Times Campaigners argued that the admissions demonstrated why urgent reform of food labelling was needed. Times, Sunday Times All political parties need urgent reform and revival. Times, Sunday Times It addresses a number of libel rules that are in need of urgent reform. Times, Sunday Times However, anti-vivisection campaigners feel the requirements of the code are inadequate and in need of urgent reform. Times, Sunday Times However, it has struggled to stick to its budget, and health chiefs said that it needed urgent reform to become sustainable. Times, Sunday Times Without a planned and urgent response we will only make matters worse economically, in terms of public health and even in relation to public order. Times,Sunday Times And with that recognition has come an understanding of the need for a firm and urgent response. Times, Sunday Times One of the letters required an urgent response but, as we missed it, we had to pay £450, which we could have avoided if we'd received the original letter. The Sun Last month pressure from others and seemingly urgent situations cornered you into making commitments you felt ill-prepared for. Times, Sunday Times Enough that you realise this cycle of reflection was long overdue, and as those more urgent situations are dealt with, you turn your attention to other, less pressing ones. Times, Sunday Times This example can be extended to even more urgent situations, such as a car crash or natural disaster. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In urgent situations it may be unacceptable to wait hours for lab test results before blood products are given. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A doctrine was developed of having units in the field, particularly ships at sea, maintain radio silence except for urgent situations, such as reporting contact with enemy forces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One in 50 adults has trichiasis and requires urgent surgery to prevent blindness. Times, Sunday Times He says patients who need to be admitted at night or have urgent surgery should be transferred to larger hospitals. Times, Sunday Times A significant proportion of those needed urgent surgery. Times, Sunday Times Sadly, the singer's gruelling tour schedule means he cannot get the urgent surgery he needs just yet. The Sun She needed urgent surgery but, because of the tumour's frontal position, her family were warned she might not survive. The Sun But there must be no more invasions of faraway countries that do not pose a clear, direct and urgent threat to our own territory. Times, Sunday Times But if we don't wake up to the urgent threat now facing humanity, soon we won't just be watching the nightmare but living it. The Sun He added that this had distracted attention from more urgent threats to reefs such as agricultural pollution, overfishing and tourism. Times, Sunday Times We must make conservation the overriding priority, because our environment has plenty of more urgent threats than carbon. Times, Sunday Times I rushed down the corridor to rattle the doorknob's urgent warning. ST It said that it did not receive any urgent warnings. Times, Sunday Times She cited a lack of 'preventative measures on the bridge, despite repeated, urgent warnings'. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 紧急的 Japanese: 緊急の |
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