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英英字典: demanding




Overview of verb demand

The verb demand has 6 senses


  • demand -- (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")

  • necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand -- (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 postulate a patient's consent")

  • demand, exact -- (claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan")

  • demand -- (lay legal claim to)

  • demand -- (summon to court)

  • demand -- (ask to be informed of; "I demand an explanation")


Overview of adj demanding

The adj demanding has 1 sense


  • demanding -- (requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding")

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