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exigency

noun
🔊/ˈeksɪdʒənsi/, 🔊/ɪɡˈzɪdʒənsi/
🔊/ˈeksɪdʒənsi/, 🔊/ɪɡˈzɪdʒənsi/
[countable, usually plural, uncountable]
(plural exigencies)
(formal)
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  1. a need or demand that you must deal with immediately 急切需要；迫切要求synonym demand
    • the exigencies of war战争的应急措施
    • The political exigencies facing both leaders mean they must resume talks if violence is to be avoided.两位领导人面临的政治迫切需求意味着，如果要避免暴力，他们必须恢复谈判。
    • He put financial exigency before personal sentiment.他把经济上的迫切需要看得比个人情绪更重。
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin exigentia, from Latin exigere ‘enforce’, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’.