| 单词 | exigent |
| 释义 | exigent From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishexigentex‧i‧gent /ˈeksədʒənt, ˈeɡzə-/ adjective formal1 ATTENTIONdemanding a lot of attention from other people in a way that is unreasonable2 IMPORTANTan exigent situation is urgent, so that you must deal with it very quicklyExamples from the Corpusexigent• It may well be that had they known of it they would have been even more exigent.• Despairing of a cluttered cupboard, baffled by anger's exigent protocols, we could not say what was meant.Origin exigent (1600-1700) Latin present participle of exigere; → EXACT2 |
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