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emergency

/ih-mur-juhn-see/US // ɪˈmɜr dʒən si //UK // (ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ) //

紧急事件,紧急情况,紧急状况,紧急情况下

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural e·mer·gen·cies.

    • : a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.
    • : a state, especially of need for help or relief, created by some unexpected event: a weather emergency; a financial emergency.
    • : emergency room: Bring him to emergency—the doctor will meet you there.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : granted, used, or for use in an emergency: an emergency leave; emergency lights.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncrisis, danger
Forms: emergencies

Examples

  • Congress has already approved roughly $3 trillion in emergency spending in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and Pelosi has called for much more.

  • An emergency like a rapidly spreading virus, though, requires swift action, which most courts have acknowledged, he said.

  • If you can’t make it to the polls because of an unexpected illness, you may qualify for an emergency absentee ballot.

  • Bishop’s injury was unfortunate, but Dallas had a backup in place who was equally as good, if not better, to take over in case of emergency.

  • Harris and Newsom spoke to emergency personnel at Pine Ridge Elementary School in Auberry, about an hour east of Fresno.

  • During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.

  • Investigators will focus on whether the sudden emergency was so extreme that no degree of pilot skill would have helped.

  • One specific kind of emergency is at the heart of this, such as when an airplane suffers a loss of stability at night.

  • Had they been properly trained, they could and should have flown themselves safely out of the emergency.

  • This suggests that the pilots were overtaken very rapidly by an emergency.

  • Here there is no question of emergency, or enemy pressure, or of haste; so much we see plain enough with our own eyes.

  • The case for emergency contractility, however, is somewhat better than the case for ordinary contractility.

  • I do not know whether they can be manned, but everything is being prepared for any emergency that may arise.

  • As long as an emergency truck could squeeze through at moderate speed, that was enough.

  • Sam, who was quite equal to the emergency, took old Liz into his arms and followed, but cast one glance back at Tommy.