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urgency

/ur-juhn-see/US // ˈɜr dʒən si //

迫切性,紧迫性,紧急性,急迫性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ur·gen·cies.

    • : urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
    • : urgencies, urgent requirements or needs.

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Examples

  • That’s an advantage for categories like clothing, where in-and-out trends mean there is some urgency to buy.

  • The urgency to reach the owl before it freed itself was palpable.

  • Adding urgency to the issue, non-union crew members were left out in the cold when production shut down in March and face lower pay and less protection when returning to work.

  • Scientists are still analyzing the data that came from that mission, so there’s not really much urgency yet to follow up with a new visit.

  • The H1N1 vaccine was deployed ideally—with urgency, but not necessity.

  • They had also come “to remind America of the fierce urgency of now.”

  • She has now been on the “urgency” waiting list in Virginia for 3½ years.

  • The intensity of the airstrikes needs to reflect that urgency.

  • According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Tuesday, so does the urgency.

  • Obama appeared acutely aware of the magnitude of the situation, and the urgency with which immediate action is needed.

  • The moral effect of the charity was most injurious to the country, whatever its material advantage in the urgency of the occasion.

  • For the merman turned and caught at Dalgard, pulling the larger colonist along a step or two with the urgency of his grip.

  • Matters of grave urgency make it advisable that discussion be opened between a representative of the UN forces and themselves.

  • Wieland disclaimed merit for any, but, under urgency, confessed that he liked best his "Agathon" and "Oberon."

  • The dreams began bothering him again, now that the urgency of getting Evri-Flave, Inc., started had eased.