exigency

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

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exigencynoun/ˈɛksɪd͡ʒənsi/

  • 1

    The demands or requirements of a situation which often demand immediate action.

    • My business is with you, and you only. You should not have undertaken your office, unless prepared for its various exigencies.
    • No ordinary man could have escaped those frightful claws when Numa sprang from so short a distance, but Tarzan was no ordinary man. From earliest childhood his muscles had been trained by the fierce exigencies of his existence to act with the rapidity of thought.
  • 2

    An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.

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