urgent
adjective uk/ˈɜː.dʒənt/ us/ˈɝː.dʒənt/
(IMPORTANT)
B1 紧急的，急迫的
needing attention very soon, especially before anything else, because important
He's got to sign that paper - will you tell him it's urgent? 他务必要签署那份文件——请你告诉他这很紧急，好吗?
The most urgent thing in a fire is to make sure everyone is out of the building. 失火时最紧要的事是确保所有人都撤离大楼。
Many people are in urgent need of food and water. 很多人亟需食物和水。
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- Let's leave that matter aside for now and talk about the more urgent problem facing us.
- Excuse me, but I have some urgent business to attend to.
- This is a problem that requires urgent attention.
- Jack is in need of an urgent operation.
- I'm afraid this can't wait - it really is urgent.
(REPEATED)
formal（尤指某人的行动）执着的，坚定的
(especially of a person's actions) repeated and determined in trying to get or do something
His urgent pleas of innocence made no difference to the judge's decision. 他一再申辩自己无罪，却无法改变法官的判决。