exigent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/|/ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/    美 /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/|/ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency. archaic
    — Theſe Eyes, like Lampes, whoſe waſting Oyle is ſpent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent.
  2. The amount that is required. archaic
    — [H]is enterprise / Marked out anew, its exigent of wit / Apportioned, she at liberty to sit / And scheme against the next emergence, […]
  3. A writ in proceedings before outlawry. UK,obsolete
    — They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents
形容词 adj.
  1. Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
    — 2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority.
  2. Demanding; requiring great effort.

词形变化

more exigent comparative most exigent superlative exigeant alternative exigents plural exigeant alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
allocatur exigent exigent circumstance exigenter exigently inexigent unexigent
相关词
exigence exigency exigenter

词源

词源 1
From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant.
词源 2
From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary