imperative

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/    美 /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/|[ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.ɾɪv]|/ɪmˈpeɹ.ə.tɪv/|[ɪmˈpeɹ.ə.ɾɪv]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive. uncountable
    — The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative.
  2. A verb in the imperative mood. countable
  3. An essential action, a must: something which is imperative. countable
    — Visiting Berlin is an imperative.
形容词 adj.
  1. Essential; crucial; extremely important.
    — That you come here right now is imperative.
  2. Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
  3. Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
  4. Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
    — imperative orders

词形变化

more imperative comparative most imperative superlative imp. alternative,abbreviation imper. alternative,abbreviation imperatives plural imp. alternative,abbreviation imper. alternative,abbreviation

词汇关系

近义词
required
衍生词
imperatival imperative language imperative mandate imperativeness imperative programming imperativist nonimperative postimperative unimperative whimperative biological imperative categorical imperative compound imperative first imperative hypothetical imperative moral imperative second imperative
相关词
jussive volitive

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.
Latin parō
Latin imperō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin īvus
Latin imperātīvusbor.
English imperative
Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.
Latin parō
Latin imperō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin īvus
Latin imperātīvusbor.
English imperative
Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.
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