make demands on (one)

To put pressure on someone or something; to expect something from someone or something. The sprawling nature of their business made demands on the IRS agent tasked with auditing their accounts. Having to help my mother raise my baby sister has really made demands on my own ambitions.See also: demand, make, on

make demands on

Urgently require something of someone, as in Her mother's illness has made considerable demands on her time. [Late 1300s] See also: demand, make, on

单词	make demands on (one)
释义	make demands on (one) make demands on (one) To put pressure on someone or something; to expect something from someone or something. The sprawling nature of their business made demands on the IRS agent tasked with auditing their accounts. Having to help my mother raise my baby sister has really made demands on my own ambitions.See also: demand, make, on make demands on Urgently require something of someone, as in Her mother's illness has made considerable demands on her time. [Late 1300s] See also: demand, make, on
随便看	lightly armoured lightly coated electrode lightly come lightly doped drain lightly-doped drain metal-oxide semiconductor lightly go lightly printed bleached kraft light lyric soprano lightly salted butter lightly wounded in action light machine gun light machine-gun light machinegun light machine guns light magnesia light magnum lightman light mantle light-mantled albatross light-mantled sooty albatross light manufacturing light manufacturing facility light manufacturing studio district light manufacturing training australia light-matter interaction