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1. Oxford Dictionary

   imperative

   • IPA[ɪmˈpɛrətɪv]

   英式

   • adj.
     of vital importance; crucial；giving an authoritative command; peremptory
   • n.
     an essential or urgent thing；a factor or influence making something necessary

   • noun: imperative, plural noun: imperatives

2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. of vital importance; crucial immediate action was imperative it is imperative that standards are maintained 同義詞 vitally important, of vital importance, all-important, vital, crucial, ... 更多critical, essential, of the essence, a matter of life and death, of great consequence, necessary, indispensable, exigent, pressing, urgent, required, compulsory, mandatory, obligatory反義詞 unimportant, optional
   • 2. giving an authoritative command; peremptory the bell pealed again, a final imperative call 同義詞 peremptory, commanding, imperious, authoritative, masterful, ... 更多lordly, magisterial, autocratic, dictatorial, domineering, overbearing, assertive, firm, insistent, bossy, high-handed, overweening反義詞 submissive
   • ▪ denoting the mood of a verb that expresses a command or exhortation, as in come here!

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an essential or urgent thing free movement of labour was an economic imperative
   • ▪ a factor or influence making something necessary the biological imperatives which guide male and female behaviour
   • 2. a verb or phrase in the imperative mood.
   • ▪ the imperative mood.