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

单词	imperative
释义	im·per·a·tive I. \ə̇mˈperəd.]iv, -rət]\ adjective Etymology: Late Latin imperativus, from Latin imperatus (past participle of imperare to command) + -ivus -ive — more at emperor 1. a. : of, relating to, or being the grammatical mood that expresses the will to influence the behavior of another (as in a command, entreaty, or exhortation) — compare indicative b. : expressive of or being a command, entreaty, or exhortation < an imperative rule of conduct > < an imperative tone of voice > : commanding often imperiously < an imperative manner > < imperative persons rush about giving orders > < “you must let me speak,” said the woman, in an imperative voice — A. Conan Doyle > c. : restraining, controlling, and directing < the democratic instinct is in France too imperative — W.C.Brownell > 2. : not to be avoided or evaded : urgent, obligatory, binding, compulsory < an imperative duty > < an imperative engagement > Synonyms: see masterful, pressing II. noun (-s) 1. : the imperative mood or a verb form or verbal phrase expressing it < an imperative of the verb > 2. : command, order < a sheep dog emits imperatives to his flock hardly distinguishable from those that the shepherd employs toward him — Bertrand Russell > also : rule, guide < lived by certain simple imperatives > 3. a. : an obligatory act or duty < the social imperatives of our time — M.J.Rosenberg > < it is an imperative that we try again before giving up > b. : an imperative judgment, proposition, or statement — see categorical imperative, hypothetical imperative c. : necessity, need < the terrible imperative of reaching the springs — D.L.Morgan > < the sheer imperatives of survival — New Republic > d. : an unavoidable fact compelling or insistently calling for action < the imperatives of physical battle — New York Herald Tribune Book Review > < economic imperatives > e. : a quality or aspect that gives authority or obligatoriness or that demands action < the imperative of law is not simply the imperative of grammatical form — Glenn Negley > < by the conscious direction of the people quite apart from the imperative of events — T.K.Finletter >
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