中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
1.命令的，强制的，专横的。
2.不可避免的，绝对必要的，迫切的，紧急的。
3.【语言学】祈使的。
短语和例子
an imperative manner 专横的态度。 imperative mood 祈使语气。 imperative sentence 祈使句。 It is imperative that we should [it is imperative for us to] act at once. 我们必须马上行动。 an imperative duty 紧急任务。 imperative necessity 迫切需要。
n.
1.命令；规则；必须做的事。
2.【语言学】祈使语气，祈使语气动词。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.

some duty that is essential and urgent

a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener''s behavior
同义词：imperative mood, jussive mood, imperative form,

requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"

relating to verbs in the imperative mood

例句与用法

It is imperative that we should act at once .
我们必须马上行动。

Survival is our first imperative .
我们当务之急是设法生存下来。

Change was unsettling, but also imperative .
变动使人心烦，可是又少它不得。

It is imperative for us to act at once .
我们必须马上行动。

Nixon, however, had other imperatives .
但尼克松另有需要。

The discovery, i apprehend, is not imperative .
我认为，这个发现不是必不可免的。

The language of desire, and aversion, is imperative .
欲望与嫌恶所用的语言是命令式的。

It is imperative for us to recover the initiative in diplomacy .
恢复外交主权已属刻不容缓。

It is imperative that the issues and questions be addressed .
指出这些问题和争端是绝对必要的。

It was imperative in his mind that he should be sure he had the power to move her .
他内心里坚信，他有能力感动她，这是理所当然的。