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demand

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英[dɪˈmɑːnd]
美[dɪˈmænd]

基本释义

v.
强烈要求; 需要
n.
要求; 所需之物; 需求

词性变化

实用例句

(British English also)They are demanding that all troops should be withdrawn.

他们强烈要求所有部队撤离。

牛津词典

Good secretaries are always in demand.

优秀的秘书总是很抢手。

牛津词典

Feed the baby on demand.

宝宝需要就喂食。

牛津词典

on-demand printing of books

书籍承索即印

牛津词典

She demanded an immediate explanation.

她强烈要求立即作出解释。

牛津词典

The UN has demanded that all troops be withdrawn.

联合国已要求撤出所有部队。

牛津词典

I demand to see the manager.

我坚决要求见经理。

牛津词典

‘Who the hell are you? ’ he demanded angrily.

“你到底是谁?”他气势汹汹地查问道。

牛津词典

a demand for higher pay

增加工资的要求

牛津词典

demands that the law on gun ownership should be changed

要求修改枪械持有法的呼声

牛津词典

firms attempting to meet/satisfy their customers' demands (= to give them what they are asking for)

尽力满足客户要求的商行

牛津词典

the demands of children/work

孩子烦人的事;工作中累人的事

牛津词典

Flying makes enormous demands on pilots.

驾驶飞机对飞行员要求很高。

牛津词典

to meet the demand for a product

满足对某产品的需求

牛津词典

There's an increased demand for organic produce these days.

目前对有机农产品有更大的需求。

牛津词典

Demand is exceeding supply.

供不应求。

牛津词典

By popular demand, the play will run for another week.

应广大观众要求,这出戏将加演一周。

牛津词典

Russia demanded that Unita send a delegation to the peace talks...

俄罗斯要求安盟派代表团参加和谈。

He said the task of reconstruction would demand much patience, hard work and sacrifice...

他说重建任务将需要付出极大的耐心、艰辛和牺牲。

There would be fewer international crises demanding his attention...

需要他去关注的国际危机将会减少。

There have been demands for services from tenants up there...

那里的房客要求提供服务。

They consistently rejected the demand to remove US troops...

他们一再拒绝撤走美国部队的要求。

Another flight would be arranged on Saturday if sufficient demand arose...

如果需求量足够大,周六将再安排一趟航班。

Demand for coal is down and so are prices...

煤的需求下降了,煤价也相应下跌。

Researchers wrongly assumed that people were quite clear about the demands of the task.

研究人员错误地认为大家都很清楚该项任务的要求。

...the demands and challenges of a new job...

新工作的要求和挑战

He was much in demand as a lecturer in the US.

他的讲座在美国很受欢迎。

I had no right to make demands on his time.

我无权占用他的时间。

...a national commitment to providing treatment on demand for drug abusers.

承诺在全国范围内为提出请求的吸毒者提供治疗

Mr Byers last night demanded an immediate explanation from the Education Secretary...

昨晚拜尔斯先生要求教育大臣立刻作出解释。

真题例句

What about supply? The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume -72- highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion of U.S. grain to the production of bio-fuel.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

But that potential pales beside the never-ending demand for crop-based fuels.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

As demand for food rises faster than supplies are growing, the resulting food-price inflation puts severe stress on the governments of many countries.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

They were in ever-increasing demand.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Professional fashion models are particularly vulnerable to eating disorders resulting from occupational demands to maintain extreme thinness.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

They prefer something unique and they demand quality.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Craftsmen today are meeting this demand.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

The author looks upon his mother as his most demanding and caring instructor.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Its own oil production falls short of demand.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

I saw that nurses were in high demand and it looked like a really good opportunity," he says.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

When the bubble burst, demand collapsed.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Along with the new structure came a more demanding academic program, the percentage of freshmen taking biology jumped from 17 to 95.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

tackle the demanding biology and physics courses

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Underling all this growth will be the demand for energy, which is expected to double over the next 40 years.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Finding the resources to meet this demand in astable

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Higher up the ladder, where a pay cut is usually more significant, the demand for scientists with a wealth of experience in industry is forcing universities to make the transition (转换) to academia more attractive, according to Lee.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

He would rather get a less demanding job.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

I see people pursuing higher paying and increasingly demanding careers to accomplish this goal.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

Why do some people pursue higher paying but demanding careers

出自-2010年12月听力原文

Demand a discount on the dishes ordered.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

It demands physical endurance and patience.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Although they are both gainfully employed, they fit cleaning jobs into their nights and weekends, which is when their service is in most demand any way.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

He says demand has boomed in the past couple of years.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

On the demand side, those trends include the ongoing addition of more than 70 million people a year, a growing number of people wanting to move up the food chain to consume highly grain-intensive meat products, and the massive diversion of U.S. grain to t

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

PepsiCo is to spend billions of dollars to develop drinks and snacks and reformulate existing ones with lower sugar, salt and fat, as consumers demand healthier options and regulatory pressure intensifies amid an obesity epidemic.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

There is strong demand there for our traditional-styled furniture.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

What the designers of American sportswear proved was that fashion is a genuine design art, answering to the demanding needs of service.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

To match the growing demand, services are springing up to make it easier to publish research products online and enable other researchers to discover and cite them.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The prices of coal are low as a result of over-supply and decreasing demand.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

The ever-growing demand for big data.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

It has neglected their faculty's demands.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand , the long-term drop in petroleum consumption in the United States, and some displacement of oil by substitutes.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Coal prices also are low, owing to over-supply and the scaling-down of demand, especially from China, which burns half of the world's coal.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

By raising relative demand for clean energy sources, a carbon price would also help align the market return to clean-energy innovation with its social return, spurring the refinement of existing technologies and the development of new ones.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

And it would raise the demand for technologies such as carbon capture and storage, spurring their further development.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Protecting the union demand sacrifices those students, in effect turning a blind eye to the injustice in the education system.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

On the contrary, all the facts suggest that high unemployment in America is the result of inadequate demand.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Insufficient demand.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

If private plans demanded similar productivity savings from providers, and refused to let providers shift additional costs to them, the savings could be much larger.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Demand higher pay for teachers.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Citizens of wealthy nations demand national parks, clean rivers, clean air and poisonfree food.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

And the head-to-head competition might give them a strong incentive to lower their prices, perhaps by accepting slimmer profit margins or demanding better deals from providers.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors, Moen said.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

The market demand for electronic devices is now either declining or not growing as fast as before.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

The demand for energy resources may compel renegotiation of Antarctica's treaties before their expiration.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

The conditions creating the stress are long hours, unrealistic demands and deadlines, and work-life conflict.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

That seems to be what consumers are demanding, after all.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Perlow calls this vicious cycle the cycle of responsiveness: Once bosses and colleagues experience an employee's increased responsiveness, they increase their demands on the employee's time.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

If employees respond quickly to their job assignments, the employer is likely to demand more from them.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica's treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

And because a failure to accept these increased demands indicates a lack of commitment to one's work, the employee complies.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

And the survey found flat demand for fitness monitors, smart thermostats and connected home cameras, as well.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Our society depends on them being able to make critical decisions about their own medical treatment say, or what we must do about global energy needs and demands.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

For students who have been coasting through college, and for American universities that have been demanding less work, offering more attractions and charging higher tuition, the party may soon be over.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Confronted with such facts,some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding more extreme and far-reaching measures, such as replacing male and female pronouns with a neutral alternative and monitoring children more closely to correct them when they gravitate(被吸引) toward gendered play.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

In processing foods after the agricultural stage, there are large additional uses of water that need to be tackled in a world of growing demand.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

This level of wastage is a tragedy that cannot continue if we are to succeed in the challenge of sustainably meeting our future food demands.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

The challenge is that an increase in animal-based production will require more land and resources, as livestock (牲畜)farming demands extensive land use

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

The rising tide of trade is also good news for people who work in trade-sensitive businesses, especially those that produce commodities for which global demand sets the price – agricultural goods, mining, metals, oil.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

economy is slack domestic consumer demand

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

based businesses, large and small, figure out how to get a piece of growing global demand?

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

It signals decreasing domestic demand for goods and services

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Indeed, there does seem to be a demand for the more rounded leaders such diversity might create.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Growth of cultured meat is also under way in the Netherlands", Mironov told Reuters in an interview, "but in the United States, it is science in search of funding and demand.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

The trade union gave up its demand.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

The kidnappers had been demanding 1 million pounds for the release of Mr. Louis. Louis.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

"There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors,"Moen said.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Analysts say the biggest problem is high unemployment, which weakens demand and makes banks reluctant to lend.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Citizens of wealthy nations demand national parks, clean rivers, clean air and poison-free food.

2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

He quickly learned what the market has demonstrated: Demand for grass-fed products currently exceeds supply.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand especially from eme

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

simultaneously, technological advancement and global economy has reduced demand for well- paying blue collar jobs here in the United States.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The Burean of Labor Statistics projects that while the number of nurses will increase by 19 percent by 2022, demand will grow faster than supply, and that there will be over one million unfilled nursing jobs by then.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The unpredictability of global demand and the lag-time it takes to add more cows to a herd to meet demand can result in events like the recent cheese surplus.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

When tim Joseph started his business, he found grass-fed products fell short of demand.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Complete mastery demands continued learning until the age of 10 or 12.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Corporate and institutional office designers often struggle to resolve a number of competing and often conflicting demands, including budgetary limits, employee hierarchies, and technological innovationespecially in relation to computerization.

2015年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 原文

Get the technology that has proven to help the most demanding customers.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

I guess that there's probably some demanding work schedule, or social anxiety around stepping up to help for an unknown sport.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

In America the demand for oil has grown by 22 percent since 1990.

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

It also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 percent making emotional demand as the hardest thing about motherhood.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

It is expected that American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Italy is the latest western European country trying to control a growing immigrant population by demanding language skills in exchange for work permits, or in some cases, citizenship.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

More wind power stations will spring up to meet the demand for clean energy.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

New compulsory age-appropriate relationship and sex education lessons in England should help equip children to deal with the growing demands of social media.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Now, a new study suggests getting benefits from exercise doesn't have to be that demanding.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 听力 原文

So instead of eating a piece of yesterday's bread from the supermarket, you'd eat something baked just for you on demand.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The 50 is all the more serious when you consider the demanding exercise required to bike from France to Poland.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

The biggest challenge for most mothers is from emotional demand.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 题设

The youngsters admitted planning trips around potential photo-opportunities and then messaging friends — and friends of friends — to demand "likes" for their online posts.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

These demands must also be balanced with the need to create interiorsthat in some way enhance, establish, or promote a companies image.

2015年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 原文

They found that more on demand environment viewing on tablets instead of TVs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Ways of arts' promoting our economyarts activity demands an joint/collective effort.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London's ice trade grew.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

This development is boosting wholesale demand from the food service segment by 4 to 5 percent a year across Europe, compared with growth in retail demand of 1 to 2 percent.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Moreover, average overall margins are higher in wholesale than in retail; wholesale demand from the food service sector is growing quickly as more Europeans eat out more often; and changes in the competitive dynamics of this fragmented industry are at last making it feasible for wholesalers to consolidate.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

European ministers instantly demanded that the International Accounting Standards Board do likewise.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Demand comes mainly from two sources: independent mom-and-pop grocery stores which, unlike large retail chains, are too small to buy straight from producers, and food service operators that cater to consumers when they don’t eat at home.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

In the last decade or so ,advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara ,H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

His compositions demand the performer to show courage, for example in the use of dynamics.

出自-2014年考研翻译原文

“We’re doing these things because we know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get into work faster” Help? Really? On first hearing, this was the socially concerned chancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work, and subsidises laziness.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

New, disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitution’s protections.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

The anticipation of possible shifts in demand provided by this study is significant: It gives a basis to all organization which seek to promote the learning and very different operating environment.

出自-2017年考研翻译原文

If left to themselves, such trends will diminish the relative strength of the English language in international education markets as the demand for educational resources in languages, such as Spanish ,Arabic or Mandarin grows and international business process outsourcing in other language such as Japanese, French and German, spreads.

出自-2017年考研翻译原文

But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

Likewise,automation should eventually boost productivity, stimulate demand by driving down prices, and free workers from hard, boring work.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operations to the new reality.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell.

2010年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Davidson's article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Gre

2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operati

2018年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In choosing a new home, Camille McClain's kids have single demand: a backyard.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In the last decade or so, advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

likewise, automation should eventually boost productivity, stimulate demand by driving down prices, and free workers from hard, boring work.

2018年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Moreover, average overall margins are higher in wholesale than in retail; wholesale demand from the food service sector is growing quickly as more Europeans eat out more often; and changes in the competitive dynamics of this fragmented industry are at las

2010年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Publishers have responded to the demand that they make their product free to readers by charging their writers fees to cover the costs of preparing an article.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Transient investors, who demand high quarterly profits from companies, can hinder a firm's efforts to invest in long-term research or to build up customer loyalty.

2019年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the ability and desire to purchase goods and services;

    "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"

    "the demand exceeded the supply"

  • 2. an urgent or peremptory request;

    "his demands for attention were unceasing"

  • 3. a condition requiring relief;

    "she satisfied his need for affection"

    "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"

    "there is a demand for jobs"

  • 4. the act of demanding;

    "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

  • 5. required activity;

    "the requirements of his work affected his health"

    "there were many demands on his time"

Verb
  • 1. request urgently and forcefully;

    "The victim's family is demanding compensation"

    "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"

    "She demanded to see the manager"

  • 2. require as useful, just, or proper;

    "It takes nerve to do what she did"

    "success usually requires hard work"

    "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"

    "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"

    "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"

    "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"

  • 3. claim as due or just;

    "The bank demanded payment of the loan"

  • 4. lay legal claim to

  • 5. summon to court

  • 6. ask to be informed of;

    "I demand an explanation"

同义词辨析

ask, demand, inquire, question

这些动词均含有"问,询问"之意。

  • ask:最普通用词,可与demand, inquire和question换用,但ask用于口语中,指提出问题让人回答。
  • demand:指根据自己的权利、职责或身份认为有必要弄清情况而正式发问,常隐含命令对方回答的意味。
  • inquire:较正式用词,指为得到真实情况而详细询问或调查了解。
  • question:指因感到可疑或为了解情况,弄清究竟而发问,有时指一连串的发问。

ask, beg, demand, require, request, implore, claim, pray, entreat

这些动词均有"要求,请求"之意。

  • ask:最普通用词,指向对方提出要求或请求,长、晚辈,上下级之间都可使用。
  • beg:指恳切地或再三地请求或要求,常含低三下四意味,也多用于应酬场合。
  • demand:一般指理直气壮地提出强烈要求,或坚持不让对方拒绝的要求。
  • require:强调根据事业、需要或纪律、法律等而提出的要求。
  • request:正式用词,指非常正式,有礼貌的请求或恳求,多含担心因种种原因对方不能答应的意味。
  • implore:书面用词,着重指迫切、焦急或痛苦地恳求或哀求,常含较强的感情色彩。
  • claim:指有权或宣称有权得到而公开提出的要求。
  • pray:语气庄重,指热情、诚恳和敬祈的要求,现不很常用。
  • entreat:泛指一般"恳求或哀求",含企图说服对方或用热烈的请求软化反对意见的意味。

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