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exigeant

/ek-si-juhnt; French eg-zee-zhahn/US // ˈɛk sɪ dʒənt; French ɛg ziˈʒɑ̃ //

要求高的,要求高,苛刻的,苛刻的要求

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : exigent.

Examples

  • Nor was Aunt Emmeline very exigeant, though she was fantastic and sometimes disagreeable.

  • He showed himself most exigeant as to the conditions on which he would consent to leave Egypt.

  • In the same way this involved much marching and counter-marching over the same "exigeant" class of country.

  • There is so much to be done, and the children are rather exigeant, and demand all the afternoon.

  • But if he comes back penitent, and shows himself less exigeant, I shan't refuse his overtures of peace.