imperative meaning in English
adj.
1.命令的，强制的，专横的。
2.不可避免的，绝对必要的，迫切的，紧急的。
3.【语言学】祈使的。
短语和例子
n.
1.命令；规则；必须做的事。
2.【语言学】祈使语气，祈使语气动词。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
Examples
- It is imperative that we should act at once .
我们必须马上行动。 - Survival is our first imperative .
我们当务之急是设法生存下来。 - Change was unsettling, but also imperative .
变动使人心烦，可是又少它不得。 - It is imperative for us to act at once .
我们必须马上行动。 - Nixon, however, had other imperatives .
但尼克松另有需要。