新GRE詞匯復(fù)習(xí)資料:imperative

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imperative: adj. 迫切的: needing immediate attention
    【考法1】n. 命令: a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
    【例】 a secretary of defense who was fond of issuing harshly worded imperatives 一個(gè)很喜歡發(fā)布措辭嚴(yán)厲的命令的國(guó)防部長(zhǎng)
    【近】 command, decree, dictate, direction, directive, instruction, order, word
    【考法2】adj. 命令的,強(qiáng)制性的:forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law
    【例】 requests that grew more and more imperative 命令性越來(lái)越強(qiáng)的請(qǐng)求 
    【近】 compulsory, forced, involuntary, obligatory, peremptory, required
    【反】 optional 可選擇的;voluntary 志愿性的
    【考法3】adj. 迫切的: needing immediate attention
    【例】 an imperative need for medical supplies in the earthquake-ravaged country 地震災(zāi)區(qū)國(guó)家對(duì)于醫(yī)療物資的迫切需求
    【近】 clamant, compelling, critical, crying, emergent, exigent, imperious, importunate, pressing, urgent
    【反】 noncritical, unimportant 不重要的
    【考法4】adj. 必要的: impossible to do without
    【例】 Proper equipment is imperative for the success of this chemical experiment. 合適的儀器是這個(gè)化學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)成功必不可少的條件
    【近】 indispensable, necessary, necessitous, requisite, vital
    【反】 dispensable, inessential, needless, unnecessary 非必須的