exigency

英 ['eksɪdʒənsi] 美 ['eksɪdʒənsi]

• n. 紧急；迫切需要

英英释义

Noun:

1. a pressing or urgent situation;

   "the health-care exigency"
   

2. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action;

   "he never knew what to do in an emergency"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The president is free to act in any sudden exigency.
   在任何突发的紧急状况下董事长可自行采取行动。

经典引文

• His system of bookselling was designed to suit his own convenience, rather than the..exigencies of the trade.

  出自： A. Powell

近反义词

【近义词】

• emergency 突发事件
• necessity 需要
• demand 要求
• need 需要
• pressure 压强
• requirement 必要条件
• constraint 约束
• pinch 捏