1. 1nB1/ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi/ · /ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi/緊急情況

    A sudden dangerous situation that you must deal with right away.

    that you must你必須 deal with right away馬上處理的 A sudden dangerous situation突發危險狀況

    示範例句 · Example

    If there is an emergency, call this number right away.

    逐字如果有一個緊急情況,馬上打這個號碼。

    「emergency」指的是「突然發生、又危險、必須馬上處理」的狀況,例如火災、車禍、有人受傷。它跟一般的「問題」不同——emergency 一定帶有「不快點處理就會出大事」的急迫感。常見搭配 in an emergency(緊急時)、emergency exit(緊急出口)。

    常見搭配

    • in an emergency

      在緊急情況時

      during a sudden dangerous situation

      In an emergency, break the glass and press the red button.

    • emergency exit

      緊急出口

      a door used to leave quickly when there is danger

      Every cinema must have a clearly marked emergency exit.

    • emergency landing

      緊急降落

      when a plane has to land suddenly because of a problem

      The plane made an emergency landing after engine trouble.

    • state of emergency

      緊急狀態

      an official situation where a government takes special action because of danger

      The government declared a state of emergency after the flood.

    意思相近

    crisisurgent situationdanger

    意思相反

    calmroutinenormal situation

core核心畫面

A sudden dangerous situation that springs up out of nowhere and must be dealt with right now.

可以想成「突然冒出來、不處理不行的危急狀況」:事情毫無預警地發生,又帶著危險,逼著你當下立刻反應,沒有等待的餘地。

同家族的字

複數 emergencies

意思相近

crisisurgent situationdanger

意思相反

calmroutinenormal situation

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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Emergencyname

  • 1

    historicalWorld War II as experienced in Ireland.

    • Indeed, Northern Ireland held a substantial U.S. military presence for much of the war; American soldiers were by no means uncommon on the streets of some Irish towns and cities during the Emergency.
  • 2

    historicalthe Malayan Emergency as experienced in Malaysia.

emergencynoun/ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/

  • 1

    A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

    • Cardiac arrest is an emergency requiring medical attention.
    • We also found that the only emergency egress from the tram was by smashing the front or rear windscreens, and that emergency lighting had failed when the tram overturned.
  • 2

    The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.

    • I've got a really bad disease It's got me begging on my hands and knees So take me to emergency Cause something seems to be missing
  • 3

    A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.

    • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk Van Gaal responded by replacing Adnan Januzaj with Carrick and, in fairness, the emergency centre-half did exceedingly well given that he has not played since May.
  • 4

    archaicThe quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.

  • 5

    A critical urge to urinate or defecate.

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