| 正面 | 8516.imperative 英 [ɪm'perətɪv]美 [ɪm'pɛrətɪv]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. empire， emperor => imperative.adj. 必要的，不可避免的；紧急的；命令的，专横的；势在必行的；[语]祈使的n. 必要的事；命令；需要；规则；[语]祈使语气 例句： 1. It was imperative that he act as naturally as possible.最重要的是他要做到尽可能自然。 imperative 重要的，迫切的词源同empire,帝国，帝权。即皇帝的命令，引申词义重要的，迫切的。拼写比较inimical,enemy,invidious,envy. imperativeimperative: see empireimperative (adj.)1520s, from Late Latin imperativus "pertaining to a command," from imperatus "commanded," past participle of imperare "to command, to requisition," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + parare "prepare" (see pare).imperative (n.)mid-15c., in grammar; later "something imperative" (c. 1600), from Old French imperatif and directly from Late Latin imperativus (see imperative (adj.))." |