emergency

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/    美 /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/|/iˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/|/əˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/|/əˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention. attributive,sometimes
    — Cardiac arrest is an emergency requiring medical attention.
  2. The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
    — I've got a really bad disease It's got me begging on my hands and knees So take me to emergency Cause something seems to be missing
  3. A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
    — November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk Van Gaal responded by replacing Adnan Januzaj with Carrick and, in fairness, the emergency centre-half did exceedingly well given that he has not played since May.
  4. The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence. archaic
  5. A critical urge to urinate or defecate. euphemistic

词形变化

emergencies plural emergence alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
emerge emergence fire department police

词源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergens, present participle of emergo (“to emerge, arise, come forth”), equivalent to emergent + -cy or emerge + -ency. Doublet of emergence.
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