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词汇 urgency
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Definition of urgency in English:

urgency

noun ˈəːdʒ(ə)nsiˈərdʒənsi
mass noun
  • 1Importance requiring swift action.

    the discovery of the ozone hole gave urgency to the issue of CFCs
    count noun these are the grave urgencies facing us
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We propose that a dispute meeting be held as a matter of urgency but not later than seven days from today, 2 June 2004.
    • "This raises further questions and it will be something I shall raise as a matter of urgency," he said.
    • Their grim task is given urgency by the knowledge that some 250 firefighters and police officers are entombed in the wreckage.
    • Today, of course, its mission has an urgency not anticipated a decade ago.
    • Despite the urgency of the situation, once again crucial years passed before more appropriate drug policies were implemented.
    • "I don't get yelled at that often," Allison recalls, "so there must have been some urgency."
    • Because larger infants have greater nutrient reserves, the urgency to start nutrition support is much less than in smaller infants.
    • It will now address as a matter of urgency the form that this independent body should take.
    • But despite the urgency of Africa's situation it is resoundingly clear that poverty, even extreme poverty, just doesn't sell papers.
    • Yet, the dispersion of education only underscores with renewed urgency the significance of formal spheres of learning.
    • The event came out with all the hilarity associated with such events, since it is normal for the clues to be misinterpreted in a situation of urgency.
    • As well as communicating the urgency of the moment, this form of expression had the effect of attributing a sense of agency to the subject of the photograph.
    • And as these numbers are revealed, the urgency is increased, the size grows, and it will take a little more time.
    • A sense of urgency underlies the need to take action in the open access to law.
    • No doubt in some cases, at least, delays have occurred because the authority investigation was seen as having less immediate urgency than other work on which an officer was engaged.
    • Reform of the social model is therefore a matter of urgency.
    • Now, moreover, with the nation in an economic downturn, is not the time to assert the urgency of passing referendum legislation.
    • The urgency of chemical treatments in Nova Scotia emerged only in the subsequent budworm cycle, with the massive infestation of the early 1970s.
    • That subject isn't new, but it has resurfaced with renewed urgency.
    • If there are relative statistics which will heighten the readers awareness of the urgency of the problem or situation, utilize them to establish the centrality of your argument.
    Synonyms
    importance, top priority, imperativeness, weight, weightiness, gravity, necessity, exigency, seriousness, momentousness, cruciality, extremity, hurry, haste
  • 2An earnest and persistent quality; insistence.

    Emilia heard the urgency in his voice
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But there is a youthful urgency and energy to the writing.
    • "We have to find a way to bring our people closer together, to show more patience and understanding," Ramon told me with urgency in his voice.
    • Even caught by the song's urgency, she cries out in pain when he moves it too fast.
    • That's a question investors, executives, and politicians are asking with increasing urgency.
    • I was sat writing my diary; he wandered over, smelling faintly of solvents, and told me, with some urgency, that I should, "Just keep screaming!"
    • The rhythmic urgency of the second movement Allegro was striking.
    • The F sharp minor Capriccio seethes with tension and urgency in its outer sections and the ensuing B minor Capriccio is delightfully playful and chipper.
    • It's early, but you have to start playing with urgency sometime.
    • They play with an urgency that belies their extensive and rather intensive gigging schedule.
    • At that very moment, Richard appeared in the open doorway, a look of urgency in his eyes.
    • And if they lost a little urgency, throttled back just a shade in the second-half, then it was hardly surprising considering their supremacy and the inevitability of the title outcome.
    • By closing down with such vigour, Livingston forced the game into an untidy state, the action became hurried and so every pass and challenge seemed to quiver with anxious urgency.
    Synonyms
    insistence, persistence, determination, resolution, tenacity, obstinacy, doggedness
    importunateness, clamour, clamorousness, earnestness, pleading, begging

Rhymes

convergency, emergency, insurgency

Definition of urgency in US English:

urgency

nounˈərdʒənsiˈərjənsē
  • 1Importance requiring swift action.

    the discovery of the ozone hole gave urgency to the issue of CFCs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But despite the urgency of Africa's situation it is resoundingly clear that poverty, even extreme poverty, just doesn't sell papers.
    • As well as communicating the urgency of the moment, this form of expression had the effect of attributing a sense of agency to the subject of the photograph.
    • "This raises further questions and it will be something I shall raise as a matter of urgency," he said.
    • The event came out with all the hilarity associated with such events, since it is normal for the clues to be misinterpreted in a situation of urgency.
    • If there are relative statistics which will heighten the readers awareness of the urgency of the problem or situation, utilize them to establish the centrality of your argument.
    • Yet, the dispersion of education only underscores with renewed urgency the significance of formal spheres of learning.
    • No doubt in some cases, at least, delays have occurred because the authority investigation was seen as having less immediate urgency than other work on which an officer was engaged.
    • Despite the urgency of the situation, once again crucial years passed before more appropriate drug policies were implemented.
    • Their grim task is given urgency by the knowledge that some 250 firefighters and police officers are entombed in the wreckage.
    • Reform of the social model is therefore a matter of urgency.
    • Now, moreover, with the nation in an economic downturn, is not the time to assert the urgency of passing referendum legislation.
    • That subject isn't new, but it has resurfaced with renewed urgency.
    • And as these numbers are revealed, the urgency is increased, the size grows, and it will take a little more time.
    • It will now address as a matter of urgency the form that this independent body should take.
    • We propose that a dispute meeting be held as a matter of urgency but not later than seven days from today, 2 June 2004.
    • "I don't get yelled at that often," Allison recalls, "so there must have been some urgency."
    • The urgency of chemical treatments in Nova Scotia emerged only in the subsequent budworm cycle, with the massive infestation of the early 1970s.
    • A sense of urgency underlies the need to take action in the open access to law.
    • Today, of course, its mission has an urgency not anticipated a decade ago.
    • Because larger infants have greater nutrient reserves, the urgency to start nutrition support is much less than in smaller infants.
    Synonyms
    importance, top priority, imperativeness, weight, weightiness, gravity, necessity, exigency, seriousness, momentousness, cruciality, extremity, hurry, haste
  • 2An earnest and persistent quality; insistence.

    Emilia heard the urgency in his voice
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They play with an urgency that belies their extensive and rather intensive gigging schedule.
    • It's early, but you have to start playing with urgency sometime.
    • But there is a youthful urgency and energy to the writing.
    • The rhythmic urgency of the second movement Allegro was striking.
    • By closing down with such vigour, Livingston forced the game into an untidy state, the action became hurried and so every pass and challenge seemed to quiver with anxious urgency.
    • That's a question investors, executives, and politicians are asking with increasing urgency.
    • And if they lost a little urgency, throttled back just a shade in the second-half, then it was hardly surprising considering their supremacy and the inevitability of the title outcome.
    • The F sharp minor Capriccio seethes with tension and urgency in its outer sections and the ensuing B minor Capriccio is delightfully playful and chipper.
    • "We have to find a way to bring our people closer together, to show more patience and understanding," Ramon told me with urgency in his voice.
    • Even caught by the song's urgency, she cries out in pain when he moves it too fast.
    • At that very moment, Richard appeared in the open doorway, a look of urgency in his eyes.
    • I was sat writing my diary; he wandered over, smelling faintly of solvents, and told me, with some urgency, that I should, "Just keep screaming!"
    Synonyms
    insistence, persistence, determination, resolution, tenacity, obstinacy, doggedness
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