Imperative
[ ɪm'pɛrətɪv ]
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adj. 必要的，不可避免的;命令的，专横的;势在必行的;[语]祈使的;
n. 必要的事;命令;规则;[语]祈使语气;
💡 词根助记
imper统治，指挥+ative...的 → 跟统治相似的 → 命令的，强制的
📝 例句
It is imperative for us to recover the initiative in diplomacy.
恢复外交主权已属刻不容缓。
A prompt answer here was imperative or our losses would soon become unbearable.
还必须立即求得解决的办法，否则，我们的损失不久就要达到难以忍受的程度。
In ` Go away !' the verb is in the imperative.
在`Go away! 中用的是祈使语气的动词.
Change was unsettling, but also imperative.
变动使人心烦，可是又少它不得。
He made an imperative gesture.
他做了个命令式的手势。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ im-I’m我是,per-每,ative-active积极的:我是在每一次紧急的行动中都表现很积极的
※ I-我,m-拼音“麦”,per-每,a-似“小姑娘”,ti-拼音“踢”,v-数字“5”,e-拼音“鹅”:我在麦当劳看到每一个小姑娘都踢五只鹅,还用命令语气
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
imperative
adj
1 [usu pred通常作表语]
very urgent or important; needing immediateattention 紧急; 重要; 需要立即处理
It is imperative that we make a quick decision. 我们要尽快做出决定.
2 expressing a command; authoritative 命令式的; 必须服从的; 专断的; 权威的
an imperative tone of voice that had to be obeyed 必须服从的命令腔调.
3 (grammar) of the verb form that expresses a command 祈使的
`Go!' is in the imperative mood. `Go!'是祈使语气的句子. Cf 参看 indicative, infinitive, subjunctive. imperative, n
1 (grammar) (verb in the) mood2 that expresses a command 祈使语气（的动词）
In `Go away!' the verb is in the imperative. 在`Go away!'中用的是祈使语气的动词.
`Go!' is an imperative. `Go!'是祈使语气的动词.
2 thing that is essential or urgent 必要的事; 紧急的事; 必须履行的责任; 需要; 必要性
Survival is our first imperative. 我们当务之急是设法生存下来.
a moral imperative 道德上的责任.
🎯 考研助记
impera(emperor皇帝)+tive(的): 命令式的 强制的 硬派弱踢我（谐音）：强硬的派弱者来踢我一脚- 强制性的
🔁 扩展释义
*[im'perәtiv]n. 命令, 必要的事, 规则, 祈使语气a. 命令式的, 急需的, 势在必行的, 强制的【医】 难忍的, 强制的
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They're better when they're hot.
趁热吃更好。
That sounds interesting. That was a hundred years ago, wasn't it?
听起来很有意思。那是一百年前的事了，不是吗？
I don't think there are. But there are more men than women scientists. And more men than women are heads of companies.
我想没有。但是，男科学家比女科学家多。而且，各公司的负责人中，男人要比女人多。