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peremptoriness

/puh-remp-tuh-ree/US // pəˈrɛmp tə ri //UK // (pəˈrɛmptərɪ) //

强制性,强迫性,强制性的,强制性原则

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
    • : imperious or dictatorial.
    • : positive or assertive in speech, tone, manner, etc.
    • : Law. that precludes or does not admit of debate, question, etc.: a peremptory edict.decisive or final.in which a command is absolute and unconditional: a peremptory writ.

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Examples

  • He telegraphed her a peremptory appeal to go up to her house in London, and she was too wise to refuse.

  • A peremptory message was sent at the same time to Matthews to demand his ultimate answer.

  • My father, my own weakness, or your own peremptory commands could not keep me at Belleville when I knew you had been brought here.

  • Ten shillings and Jaffery's peremptory order to stick to his side and obey him slavishly took the place of intellectual workings.

  • But here the peremptory tones of his father called the young philosopher to take the colts down to the lower pasture.