ur.gent

urgent的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈə:dʒənt]
KK音标发音： [ˈɜdʒənt]

urgent的词性：
adj.（形容词）

1. Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing.
紧迫的：强求立即的行动和关注的；急迫的

2. Insistent or importunate:
坚持的或急切的：

the urgent words “Hurry! Hurry!”
急切的话“赶快!赶快! “

3. Conveying a sense of pressing importance:
急迫的：显示出急迫的重要性的：

an urgent message.
急迫的口信

urgent的词源：

4. Middle English
中古英语

5. from Old French
源自 古法语

6. from Latin urg?ns urgent- [present participle of] urg?re [to urge]
源自 拉丁语 urg?ns urgent- [] urg?re的现在分词 [推进，催促，竭力主张]

urgent的词性：
adv.（副词）

urgent， pressing， imperative， exigent

7. These adjectives are compared as they mean compelling immediate attention.
这些形容词在指“强求立即的关注”这个意义时加以比较。

8. Urgent often implies that a matter takes precedence over others:
Urgent 常指这件事比其他事优先：

“My business is too urgent to waste time on apologies” (John Buchan).
“我的生意特别紧要，不能把时间浪费在道歉上” （约翰·巴肯）。

9. Pressing suggests an urgency that demands that prompt measures be taken:
Pressing 指一件须立即采取措施的紧要的事情：

“The danger now became too pressing to admit of longer delay” (James Fenimore Cooper).
“危险是如此的迫在眉睫以至于不容许任何耽搁” （詹姆士·费尼莫尔·库柏）。

10. Imperative implies a need or demand whose fulfillment cannot be evaded or deferred:
Imperative 是指必须得到立即满足的需求或需要：

As more nations acquire nuclear weapons the necessity for preventing war becomes imperative. Something exigent requires swift action or remedy:
当更多的国家拥有核武器后，阻止战争的必要性越发显得刻不容缓。 如果说某事是exigent 就说明此事要求快速的行动或补救：

Her family's needs make exigent demands on her time and energy.
她的家庭急需她花费大量的时间和精力