词汇 | demanded |
释义 | demanded past simple and past participle ofdemand demand verb[ T ] uk /dɪˈmɑːnd/ us /dɪˈmænd/ demandverb[T] (REQUEST)B1 to ask for something forcefully, in a way that shows that you do not expect to be refused: 坚决请求,强烈要求;强要 I demanded an explanation.我要求给我一个解释。 The union is demanding a seven percent pay rise this year.工会要求今年加薪7%。 He has always demanded the highest standards of behaviour from his children.他总是以最高的行为准则来要求自己的孩子。 [ + speech ]"And where do you think you're going?" demanded the police officer.“你觉得自己在朝哪里走?”警察问道。 [ + to infinitive ]I demand to see the manager.我要求见经理。 [ + that ]She demanded that he return the books he borrowed from her.她要求他把从她那里借走的书还回来。 to ask for something ask forI asked the waiter for another glass. requestThe department has requested permission to spend money on new equipment. apply forWe applied for planning permission to build an extension. demandPeople are demanding the right to return to their homes. appeal forThe prime minister appealed for calm. call forA group of religious leaders are calling for an end to racism and injustice in the city. We demand freedom from injustice/persecution . It was grossly unfair to demand such a high interest rate on the loan.贷款利息如此高是极其不公平的。 I think I'm quite within my rights to demand a full refund.我认为我完全有权利要求全额退款。 Carrying a gun, he walked up to the cashier and demanded money.他拿着枪,走到收银员跟前逼其把钱拿出来。 She strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.她果断地大步走到桌前,要求见经理。 Giving orders & commands all-points bulletin boss someone around bossily bossiness bossyboots commanding decree demand dictate exact expect instruct push someone around put something on self-ordained shove shove someone around stick summons task demandverb[T] (NEED)B2 to need something such as time, effort, or a particular quality: 需要,要求(时间、精力、特定数量等) This is a very difficult piece of music to play - it demands a lot of concentration.这段乐曲很难演奏——需要注意力高度集中。 He seems to lack many of the qualities demanded of(= needed by) a successful politician.他似乎缺少成功政治家所应具备的很多素质。 Lacking things bankrupt bankruptcy be hard up (for something)idiom bereft catch chronic disease hole if it wasn't/weren't forphrase in someone's hour of needidiom inappeasable lack lacking minus scream shortage shy skimpily starve someone/something of something taken unaccompanied Examples of demandeddemanded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. That principle, to recall, said that an agent should per form those actions demanded by plans it was optimal to adopt. Obviously, the formalised behaviour demanded of visitors is no different from that expected in museums all over the world. However, what differs is the size of the bus operated, not the amount of work demanded. 11. The students demanded a music education that affirms their own musical values and their strong preference for popular music. Local populations no longer ascribed to them any dignifying quality, and increasingly demanded from them a total participation in the war effort. Arguing that the existing crisis was hurting society as a whole, the socialists demanded from government and parliament prompt measures to alleviate the situation. On the other hand, market developments made clear that consumers demanded ' natural' products. So the defence demanded instead a reorientation of military jurisdiction, which during the monarchy had been seen as the 'people's hangman'. There was no consensus or continuity in the network and it was difficult for outsiders to learn the new and complicated hybrid roles demanded. Recently, consumers have demanded higher welfare for domestic animals and husbandry systems with a minimum use of drugs and chemicals. It shows instead the heavy toll which commitment to a liberation movement demanded from individuals. Because the focus was on the sound and not the visual image, the studio session demanded less pageantry than did public performance. Southern nationalism's realpolitik nevertheless demanded that partition was rationalized as a matter of self-preservation. This complexity suggests the need to interface the morphological analysis with a formal proof system which allows us to verify easily the properties demanded. If esteem cannot be demanded or supplied, then the possibility of a true economy of esteem evaporates. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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