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demand

美音:[dı´mænd ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[dı´mænd ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.要求,需求(量),需要 v.要求,需要,要求知道,查询

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demand为高中词汇   词频:1241

词形变化:

名词:demander 动词过去式:demanded 过去分词:demanded 现在分词:demanding 第三人称单数:demands 形容词:demandable

词根

mand,mend=to order(命令),to entrust(委托)

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相关词

ask  call-for  inquire  need  require  want  furnish  provision  supply    

demand


/dɪ'mɑ:nd; [US] dɪ'mænd; dɪ`mænd/
n
1 [C] ~ (for sb to do sth); ~ (for sth/that...) command, or sth which is given as if it was a command 要求; 请求
*receive a tax demand 接到纳税通知
* It is impossible to satisfy all your demands. 满足你所有的要求是不可能的.
* The workers' demands for higher pay were refused by the employers. 工人要求提高工资遭到雇主拒绝.
* There have been fresh demands for the Prime Minister to resign. 人们最近不断要求首相辞职.
* demands for reform/that there should be reform 改革要求.
2 [U] ~ (for sth/sb) desire of customers for goods or services which they wish to buy or use (顾客的)需求, 需要
*We blame poor overseas demand for the car's failure. 我们将汽车滞销归咎于海外需求量太低.
* Demand for skilled workers is high; but there is no demand for unskilled ones. 非常需要熟练工人, 但却不需要生手.
* Demand for fish this month exceeds supply. 本月份鱼供不应求.
3 [C] (also de`mand note) note that requires sb to pay money owed, eg income tax 缴款通知.
4 (idm 习语) in de`mand much wanted; popular 非常需要的; 受欢迎的
*Good secretaries are always in demand. 好的秘书总是很多人都需要的.
* She is in great demand as a singer. 她是个十分受欢迎的歌手. make demands of/on sb oblige sb to use a lot of skill, strength, etc 需要某人用高度技巧、很大力气等
*This new aircraft makes tremendous demands of the pilot. 这种新飞机需要飞行员有极高的技巧. on de`mand whenever asked for 一经要求
*a cheque payable on demand 即时兑现的支票
* She's in favour of abortion on demand. 对于人工流产, 她赞成有求必应.

/dɪ'mɑ:nd; [US] dɪ'mænd; dɪ`mænd/ v
1 [Tn, Tf, Tt] ask for (sth) as if one is commanding, or as if one has a right to do so 要求, 请求(某事物)
*demand an apology (from sb) 要求(某人)道歉
* The workers are demanding better pay. 工人要求提高工资.
* She demanded (to know) my business. 她过问我的事情.
* He demands that he be told/demands to be told everything. 他要求将一切都告诉他.
2 [Tn] require (sth); need 需求(某事物); 需要
*This sort of work demands great patience. 这种工作需要极大耐性.
* Does the letter demand an immediate answer? ie Must it be answered at once? 这封信需要立即答覆吗?
1. But it is the real bottom line in every area of society and a discipline we must demand of ourselves.
    但它却是社会各领域的真正基础,也是我们必须要求自己遵循的一条原则。

2. We must be compliant with the demand of our patrons.
    我们必须依从顾客的需求。

3. We demand an apology from her.
    我们要求她道歉。

4. When anyone opens a current account at a bank, he is lending the bank money, repayment of which he may demand at any time, either in cash or by drawing a cheque in favour of another person.
    任何人在银行开一个活期账户,就等于把钱借给了银行。这笔钱他可以随时提取,提取的方式可以是取现金,也可以是开一张以他人为收款人的支票。

5. Wireless demand and usage have also exploded across the entire width and breadth of Latin America.
    整个拉丁美洲对无线通信的需求和使用已急速增加。

6. The robbers enforced obedience to their demand by threat of violence.
    匪徒以暴力威胁使受害者服从他们的要求。

7. The demand fluctuates seasonally.
    需求随季节而变动。

8. The prices are regulated by demand and supply.
    价格随着需要和供应而调整。

9. They have fewer opportunities to learn the value of money, and have less experience in learning to deal with delay in satisfaction, when every requested object is given on demand.
    由于他们一提出要求时,每一样东西都马上就能得到满足,他们了解金钱价值的机会就比别人少,而且他们处理一时得不到满足的情况的经验也少。

10. The personal computer revolution and the invention of the Internet made the demand for skilled labor mushroom to such tremendous proportions that even if every American child were to study nothing but science from now on, we would be unable to keep p
    个人电脑革命和因特网的诞生导致了对熟练劳动者的需求猛增,以至从现在起即使每个美国孩子都去自然科学,我们在今后的几十年里还是无法赶上这种需求的增长速度。

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