Emergency
[ɪ'mɜːdʒ(ə)nsɪ] or [ɪ'mɝdʒənsi]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; 'he never knew what to do in an emergency'.
(noun.) a state in which martial law applies; 'the governor declared a state of emergency'.
手打:莉莎--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.
(n.) An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.
博比編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, pinch, pass, push, strait, difficulty, conjuncture, unexpected occurrence, unforeseen occasion.
科尔校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Crisis, conjunction, {[ture]?}, pitch, embarrassment, strait, necessity,exigency, casualty, difficulty
ANT:rescue, deliverance, solution, subsidence, provision, anticipation,arrangement
安妮編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- As events turned out, no such emergency as this occurred. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- With all the chances thus in our favour I confronted the next emergency, and played the second move in the game. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Seeing in this arrangement the hope of rendering real service in that pressing emergency, Miss Pross hailed it with joy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Instead of taking the footman, whose nose was human, and therefore useless in any emergency, I took the bloodhound with me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I mean to write first, Laura, to Mr. Gilmore's partner, who has offered to help us in any fresh emergency. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Is that what you would do in such an emergency? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- In this emergency it naturally occurred to my mind that a countryman of his own, on whom I could rely, might be the fittest person to help me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Strongly as I was fortified in my resolution by the desperate nature of our situation, I hoped most fervently that I might escape this last emergency. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was a test of what could be done in a sudden military emergency, and was gratuitously undertaken by the company at the request of the Secretary of the Navy. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Special contrivances and adaptations of the telegraph for printing stock reports and for transmitting fire alarm, police, and emergency calls, have been invented. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- This deficiency was likely to prove perilous in an emergency so critical. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- As Holmes drew the curtain I was aware, from some little rigidity and alertness of his attitude, that he was prepared for an emergency. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- A complete plan emerges like a piece of machinery, apparently fitted for every emergency. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Tarzan had long since learned the use of the dictionary, but much to his sorrow and perplexity it proved of no avail to him in this emergency. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- But it was not mine, and I did not feel that I had a right to tell it, even to my guardian, unless some great emergency arose. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Special contrivances, wonderful in their operation, were invented to meet exigencies and emergencies. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As you say, it is as well to be prepared for emergencies. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- We could not and ought not to be rigidly bound by the rules laid down under circumstances so different for emergencies so utterly unanticipated. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But my voice (habitually gentle) possesses a high note or so, in emergencies. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- To all other emergencies and complications my natural capacity for grappling, single-handed, with circumstances, was invariably equal. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- With a wary eye on future emergencies, I kept the letter. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was understood that Miss Bart should fill the gap in such emergencies, and she usually recognized the obligation without a murmur. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The general operation was simple, and in normally active times the mechanism and the registrar were equal to all emergencies. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is in such countries, therefore, that he generally endeavours to accumulate a treasure, as the only resource against such emergencies. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In such emergencies, the bank, it is supposed, would break through its ordinary rule of making payment only to the holders of receipts. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Meeting all Emergencies. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- In certain emergencies my mind is remarkably soon made up. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I dressed, then, to be ready for emergencies. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
校對:苏西