urgency

urgency /' :d nsi/
  • danh từ
    • sự gấp rút, sự cần kíp, sự khẩn cấp, sự cấp bách
      • a matter of great urgency: một việc khẩn cấp
    • sự khẩn nài, sự năn nỉ
      • to yield to someone's urgency: nhượng bộ trước sự khẩn nài của ai

Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 tính khẩn cấp

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): urgency, urge, urging, urgent, urgently


Xem thêm: importunity, urging



urgency

Từ điển Collocation

urgency noun

ADJ. desperate, extreme, great, utmost a matter of the utmost urgency | added, new The murders have given added urgency to the debate about inner-city crime.

QUANT. note There was a note of urgency in her voice.

VERB + URGENCY give sth, lend sth The bomb attack lent a new urgency to the peace talks. | increase | stress

PREP. with ~ We need to act with urgency to ensure his safety. | ~ about Is there any urgency about this? | ~ in There was an urgency in her movements.

PHRASES a lack of urgency We waited in the car while he checked his tyres with an irritating lack of urgency. | a matter of urgency The refugee situation must now be addressed as a matter of urgency. | a sense of urgency


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
  • pressing importance requiring speedy action

    the urgency of his need

  • an urgent situation calling for prompt action

    I'll be there, barring any urgencies

    they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs

  • insistent solicitation and entreaty; importunity, urging

    his importunity left me no alternative but to agree