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单词 demanding
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Demanding
vverb.communicationrequest urgently and forcefully
Examples:
  • The victim's family is demanding compensation
  • The boss demanded that he be fired immediately
  • She demanded to see the manager
Derivationally Related Form:demanderdemand
Hypernyms:ask for bespeak call for quest request
Inherited Hypernyms:demandrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:askclamorclamourdunexpectrequirewant
Full Troponyms:askcallclamordunwant
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE | They --- to move (apply to: demand)
vverb.stativerequire as useful, just, or proper
Synset:ask call for demand involve necessitate need postulate require take
Examples:
  • It takes nerve to do what she did
  • success usually requires hard work
  • This job asks a lot of patience and skill
  • This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
  • This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
  • This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
Antonyms:obviate
Derivationally Related Form:requirementnecessitydemandneed
Inherited Hypernyms:necessitate
Direct Hyponyms:claimcompelcostcry forcry out fordrawexactgoverntake
Full Troponyms:claimcompelcostcry out fordrawgovern
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something | It ---s that CLAUSE (apply to: necessitate, require) | Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE (apply to: require) | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: need)
vverb.communicationclaim as due or just
Synset:demand exact
Examples:
  • The bank demanded payment of the loan
Derivationally Related Form:demanderdemandexaction
Hypernyms:claim
Inherited Hypernyms:demandclaimrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:callcall incommand
Full Troponyms:callcommand
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | The banks --- the check (apply to: exact, demand)
vverb.communicationlay legal claim to
Hypernyms:claim
Inherited Hypernyms:demandclaimrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationsummon to court
Hypernyms:cite summon summons
Inherited Hypernyms:demandsummoncallorderrequestaskrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.communicationask to be informed of
Examples:
  • I demand an explanation
Hypernyms:ask for bespeak call for quest request
Inherited Hypernyms:demandrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adjadj.allrequiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
Examples:
  • found the job very demanding
  • a baby can be so demanding
Antonyms:undemanding
Inherited Hypernyms:demanding
Similar to:exacting exigent hard-to-please hard to please needy rigorous stringent tight exacting stern strict
See also:difficult hard
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