demand

英 [d?'mɑ?nd] 美[d?'m?nd]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?demands;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?demands;過(guò)去式:?demanded;過(guò)去分詞:?demanded;現(xiàn)在分詞:?demanding;

demand 要求

de-, 向下，強(qiáng)調(diào)。-mand ,要求，命令，詞源同command ,mandate. 即強(qiáng)烈要求。

demand: demand: [13] Latin dēmandāre meant ‘entrust something to someone’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and mandāre ‘entrust, commit’ (source of English mandate). As it passed via Old French demander into English, its meaning developed to ‘give someone the responsibility of doing something’, and finally ‘order’.
=> mandate
demand (v.): late 14c., "ask, make inquiry," from Old French demander (12c.) "to request; to demand," from Latin demandare "entrust, charge with a commission" (in Vulgar Latin, "to ask, request, demand"), from de- "completely" (see de-) + mandare "to order" (see mandate). Meaning "to ask for as a right" is early 15c., from Anglo-French legal use. Related: Demanded; demanding.
demand (n.): late 13c., "a question," from Old French demande (see demand (v.)). Meaning "a request, claim" is from c. 1300. In the political economy sense (correlating to supply) it is attested from 1776 in Adam Smith.

1. The demand generated by one factory required the construction of another.: 一家工廠產(chǎn)生的需求使得必須再建造一家工廠。

3. The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.: 這一古板的老舊機(jī)構(gòu)拒絕承認(rèn)人們對(duì)流行音樂(lè)的需求。

4. The demand to see her work is much greater than expected.: 想要參觀她作品的人數(shù)大大超出了預(yù)期。

5. Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand.: 有一些廉價(jià)的商品，但是數(shù)量不足以滿足需求。