imperative
adj
1 [usu pred通常作表語]
very urgent or important; needing immediateattention 緊急; 重要; 需要立即處理
It is imperative that we make a quick decision. 我們要盡快做出決定.
2 expressing a command; authoritative 命令式的; 必須服從的; 專斷的; 權(quán)威的
an imperative tone of voice that had to be obeyed 必須服從的命令腔調(diào).
3 (grammar) of the verb form that expresses a command 祈使的
`Go!' is in the imperative mood. `Go!'是祈使語氣的句子. Cf 參看 indicative, infinitive, subjunctive. imperative, n
1 (grammar) (verb in the) mood2 that expresses a command 祈使語氣(的動詞)
In `Go away!' the verb is in the imperative. 在`Go away!'中用的是祈使語氣的動詞.
`Go!' is an imperative. `Go!'是祈使語氣的動詞.
2 thing that is essential or urgent 必要的事; 緊急的事; 必須履行的責(zé)任; 需要; 必要性
Survival is our first imperative. 我們當(dāng)務(wù)之急是設(shè)法生存下來.
a moral imperative 道德上的責(zé)任.