imperative
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪmˈper.ə.tɪv]
- 美式音标 [ɪmˈper.ə.t̬ɪv]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 必要的,不可避免的;紧急的;命令的,专横的;势在必行的;[语]祈使的
- n. 必要的事;命令;需要;规则;[语]祈使语气
词根记忆
- im(在…里面) + per(排列) + ative→排列在里面的→迫切的;必要的
- imper(命令) + ative→命令的,紧急的→紧急的
- imper(命令) + ative→命令的;紧急的
用法辨析
- imperative用作形容词的基本意思是“必要的,紧急的,极重要的”,在句中多用作表语,在“It is/was imperative that-clause”结构中从句的谓语动词多用虚拟式,英式英语中常用“should+动词原形”,而在美式英语中则常省略should。
adj. (形容词)
英汉例句
- He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.
他老是用命令的口吻讲话。 - These instructions are imperative.
这些命令必须得服从。 - It is imperative for you to come.
你无论如何要来。 - It is imperative that we should build a stable economy.
我们必须建立稳定的经济。 - Job creation has become an imperative for the government.
创造就业机会是政府必须做的事。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
It is/was+~+for sb+to- v
It is/was+~+that-clause
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- imperative manner 命令的态度
- the imperative mood 祈使语气
- really imperative 真正迫切需要
- imperative for 〔on〕 sb 对某人来说绝对必要
- use imperative 用祈使语气
- economic imperatives 经济上的需要
- with the imperative 用祈使语气
- the imperative of survival 生存的需要
- imperative sentence 祈使句;命令句
- imperative operation [计]强制性操作;命令式操作英语;命令式操作
- imperative stipulation 强制规定
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
副词+~
~+介词
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
形容词+~
介词+~
短语
英英字典
- (URGENT) extremely important or urgent
- (GRAMMAR) used to describe the form of a verb that is usually used for giving orders
- (GRAMMAR) the form of a verb that is usually used for giving orders
- (URGENT) something that is extremely important or urgent
剑桥英英字典
专业释义
- 势在必行
So, it is imperative to constitute public interest litigation system.
建立公益诉讼制度已势在必行。语言学
- 命令的,祈使的[参较 indicative, subjunctive]