| 单词 | demand |
| 释义 | demand (once / 41 pages) 1vn 2vn Demand means "an urgent request," like your demand that teachers give no homework on the weekend, or the act of making the request — teachers who demand that the work get done, even if it's the weekend. Demand comes from the Old French word demander, meaning "ask, make inquiry." A demand is a lot stronger than that, however. When you demand something, you want action now. A demand can also mean "to require" like cold weather that demands warm coats and boots. Demand is also an economic term, meaning "the amount of an item that can be sold," like the demand for those snow boots: high in winter and nonexistent in summer. WORD FAMILYdemand: demanded, demander, demanding, demands+/demander: demanders/demanding: demandingly, undemanding/undemanding: undemandingly USAGE EXAMPLESThis is feeding demand for increasingly advanced technology to bring down or disable unwanted drones. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) After a 5-11 season, changes will be demanded of the Jets. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The slowdown, he said, is being driven not by a pullback in demand but rather a flood of new apartments. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v request urgently and forcefully The victim's family is demanding compensation The boss demanded that he be fired immediately She demanded to see the manager Hypo|Hyper want wish or demand the presence of ask, expect, requireconsider obligatory; request and expect clamor, clamourmake loud demands dunpersistently ask for overdue payment askrequire or ask for as a price or condition callrequire the presentation of for redemption before maturation bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 2v ask to be informed of I demand an explanation Hyper bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 3v claim as due or just The bank demanded payment of the loan Syn|Hypo|Hyper exact command demand as one's due call, call indemand payment of (a loan) claim ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example 4v lay legal claim to Hyper claim ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example 5v summon to court Hyper cite, summon, summons call in an official matter, such as to attend court 6n the act of demanding the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money Hypo|Hyper exaction act of demanding or levying by force or authority claimdemand for something as rightful or due extortionunjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority) insurance claimdemand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy activity any specific behavior 7n an urgent or peremptory request 2his demands for attention were unceasing Hypo|Hyper challenge a demand by a sentry for a password or identification ultimatuma final peremptory demand insistence, insistingcontinual and persistent demands call, claima demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" requisitionthe act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use calla demand for a show of hands in a card game call, margin calla demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement pay claim, wage claimthe wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives purismscrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language) petition, postulation, request a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority 1v require as useful, just, or proper This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice Syn|Ant|Hypo ask, call for, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take claim, exact, take take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs eliminate, obviate, rid of do away with claim, exact, take take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs governrequire to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood drawrequire a specified depth for floating costrequire to lose, suffer, or sacrifice cry for, cry out forneed badly or desperately compelnecessitate or exact 2n a condition requiring relief there is a demand for jobs Syn|Hypo|Hyper need deficiency, lack, want the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable necessitythe condition of being essential or indispensable absencethe state of being absent dearth, famine, shortagean acute insufficiency deficita deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning mineral deficiencylack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism shortnessthe condition of being short of something stringency, tightnessa state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit requisitenessthe state of being absolutely required urgencythe state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity condition, status a state at a particular time 3n the ability and desire to purchase goods and services the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips the demand exceeded the supply Ant|Hypo|Hyper supply offering goods and services for sale consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing conspicuous consumptionbuying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth economic process any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth 4n required activity there were many demands on his time Syn|Hyper requirement duty, obligation, responsibility the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force |
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