【demand音标】 英[dɪˈmɑ:nd] 美[dɪˈmænd]
【单词释义】 demand是什么意思:
vt.要求,请求;需要;[法]召唤;询问,盘问
n.需求;需要;要求,请求;销路
vi.需要;请求;查问
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] demands [第三人称单数] demands
[单词现在分词] demanding
[单词过去式] demanded
[单词过去分词] demanded
【近义词解析】
◇ 要求
ask (v. 要求):指要求某人提供帮助、建议、信息等。The chairman asked for an explanation
claim ([四级]v. 要求,索要):指因有权得到某事物而公开提出要求。
demand (v. 要求):指强烈要求某事物,尤用于认为自己有权这么做时。
expect (v. 要求,期望):指出于责任或常理而要求某人做某事,含期待之意。
◇ 需要
demand (v. 需要):指为成功做成某事而需要某事物,其主语通常为事物,而宾语多为抽象名词。Success demands persistence.
need (v. 需要):最普通用词,指需要必不可少的东西或需要做某事,强调所需之物或需做之事的重要性。
require (v. 需要):词义同 need,常可换用,但语气较弱。
want (v. [非正式]需要):既可指需要某事物,也可指需要某人做某事,常可与 need 换用。Children want/need plenty of sleep.
【单词例句】
◇ So as to acquire accurate stories, she usually demands to record what they say. Meanwhile, a technically good colleague will assist her in taking photographs.
为了获得准确的新闻,她通常要求做录音,同时,一位技术上好的同事会协助她拍照;
◇ Even once global standards are assured,however,a further obstacle lies in wait.The Internet is plagued by long,erratic response times because it is a pull-technology,driven by patterns of user demands.Push-technology,on the other hand,reverses the relationship: servers simply send information to passive users,as in television and radio.
即使一旦确定全球标准,还会出现更多的障碍。网络因其反映时间长却不稳定而痛苦,因为这是以消费者需求为中心的“拉动技术”。推动技术与此相反,服务器只是把信息传给被动使用者,像电视和录音机一样。
◇ And, of course, I want a wife who will not demand sexual attention when I am not in the mood for it.
当然,我也希望有一个在我没有兴致时不主动提出性要求的老婆。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ Soon there was a large demand for kerosene. People began to search for new supplies of petroleum.
---- Oil Refining