demand

英[dɪˈmɑːnd]美[dɪˈmænd]

v.强烈要求，需要；

n.要求，所需之物，需求；

复数：demands;

第三人称单数：demands;

过去式：demanded;

过去分词：demanded;

现在分词：demanding;

例句

Prices will fall as soon as production catches up to demand.一旦生产赶上了需求, 物价就会下跌。

As a general rule, prices follow demands; if there is no demand, prices are low.一般说来, 物价随需求而变化; 没有需求, 物价就会降低。

He insisted on his demand.他坚持他的要求。

These silk goods are not much in demand.这些丝制品没有什么销路。

Cold drinks are in demand in the summer.夏季需要清凉饮料。

Many more firms are participating in the growth of demand on the world markets.更多的公司分担了世界市场需求的增长。

The recent demand for houses has perked up the prices.*近对住房的需求使房价上涨了。

I’ll demand reparation from the company.我将要求公司给予赔偿。

seasonal fluctuations in the demand for labour劳动力需求的季节性波动

I demand the submission of the signature to an expert.我要求把这签名提交专家鉴定。

英语六级真题

What the designers of American sportswear proved was that fashion is a genuine design art, answering to the demanding needs of service.

To match the growing demand, services are springing up to make it easier to publish research products online and enable other researchers to discover and cite them.

The prices of coal are low as a result of over-supply and decreasing demand.

The ever-growing demand for big data.

It has neglected their faculty's demands.

In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand ( ' , especially from emerging markets), the long-term drop in petroleum consumption in the United States, and some displacement of oil by substitutes.

Coal prices also are low, owing to over-supply and the scaling-down of demand, especially from China, which burns half of the world's coal.

By raising relative demand for clean energy sources, a carbon price would also help align the market return to clean-energy innovation with its social return, spurring the refinement of existing technologies and the development of new ones.

And it would raise the demand for technologies such as carbon capture and storage, spurring their further development.

Protecting the union demand sacrifices those students, in effect turning a blind eye to the injustice in the education system.

On the contrary, all the facts suggest that high unemployment in America is the result of inadequate demand.

Insufficient demand.

If private plans demanded similar productivity savings from providers, and refused to let providers shift additional costs to them, the savings could be much larger.

Demand higher pay for teachers.

Citizens of wealthy nations demand national parks, clean rivers, clean air and poisonfree food.

And the head-to-head competition might give them a strong incentive to lower their prices, perhaps by accepting slimmer profit margins or demanding better deals from providers.

There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors, Moen said.

The market demand for electronic devices is now either declining or not growing as fast as before.

The demand for energy resources may compel renegotiation of Antarctica's treaties before their expiration.

The conditions creating the stress are long hours, unrealistic demands and deadlines, and work-life conflict.

That seems to be what consumers are demanding, after all.

Perlow calls this vicious cycle the cycle of responsiveness: Once bosses and colleagues experience an employee's increased responsiveness, they increase their demands on the employee's time.

In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

If employees respond quickly to their job assignments, the employer is likely to demand more from them.

And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica's treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire.

And because a failure to accept these increased demands indicates a lack of commitment to one's work, the employee complies.

And the survey found flat demand for fitness monitors, smart thermostats ( ' , 恒温器 ) and connected home cameras, as well.

Our society depends on them being able to make critical decisions about their own medical treatment say, or what we must do about global energy needs and demands.

For students who have been coasting through college, and for American universities that have been demanding less work, offering more attractions and charging higher tuition, the party may soon be over.

Confronted with such facts,some Swedish activists and legislators are demanding more extreme and far-reaching measures, such as replacing male and female pronouns with a neutral alternative and monitoring children more closely to correct them when they gravitate(被吸引) toward gendered play.

In processing foods after the agricultural stage, there are large additional uses of water that need to be tackled in a world of growing demand.

This level of wastage is a tragedy that cannot continue if we are to succeed in the challenge of sustainably meeting our future food demands.

The challenge is that an increase in animal-based production will require more land and resources, as livestock (牲畜)farming demands extensive land use

The rising tide of trade is also good news for people who work in trade-sensitive businesses, especially those that produce commodities for which global demand sets the price – agricultural goods, mining, metals, oil.

economy is slack domestic consumer demand

based businesses, large and small, figure out how to get a piece of growing global demand?

It signals decreasing domestic demand for goods and services

Indeed, there does seem to be a demand for the more rounded leaders such diversity might create.

Growth of cultured meat is also under way in the Netherlands", Mironov told Reuters in an interview, "but in the United States, it is science in search of funding and demand.

The trade union gave up its demand.

The kidnappers had been demanding 1 million pounds for the release of Mr. Louis. Louis.

"There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors,"Moen said.

Analysts say the biggest problem is high unemployment, which weakens demand and makes banks reluctant to lend.

Citizens of wealthy nations demand national parks, clean rivers, clean air and poison-free food.

He quickly learned what the market has demonstrated: Demand for grass-fed products currently exceeds supply.

In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand especially from eme

simultaneously, technological advancement and global economy has reduced demand for well- paying blue collar jobs here in the United States.

The Burean of Labor Statistics projects that while the number of nurses will increase by 19 percent by 2022, demand will grow faster than supply, and that there will be over one million unfilled nursing jobs by then.

The unpredictability of global demand and the lag-time it takes to add more cows to a herd to meet demand can result in events like the recent cheese surplus.

When tim Joseph started his business, he found grass-fed products fell short of demand.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

（强烈）要求;强令

If you demand something such as information or action, you ask for it in a very forceful way.

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VERB

需要

If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.

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N-COUNT

（坚决的）要求

A demand is a firm request for something.

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N-UNCOUNT

需求;需求量

If you refer to demand, or to the demand for something, you are referring to how many people want to have it, do it, or buy it.

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N-PLURAL

所需（或要求）的事物

The demands of something or its demands on you are the things which it needs or the things which you have to do for it.

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PHRASE

很受欢迎;需求量大

If someone or something is in demand or in great demand, they are very popular and a lot of people want them.

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PHRASE

（对…）提出要求

If someone or something makes demands on you, they require you to do things which need a lot of time, energy, or money.

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PHRASE

一经要求;承索

If something is available or happens on demand, you can have it or it happens whenever you want it or ask for it.

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英汉词典释义

vt.

强烈要求

需要

n.

(顾客的)需求、需要

(坚决的)要求, 所需求之物

(尤指困难、使人劳累、令人烦恼等的）要求

英英词典释义

Noun

1. the ability and desire to purchase goods and services;

2. an urgent or peremptory request;

3. a condition requiring relief;

4. the act of demanding;

5. required activity;

Verb

1. request urgently and forcefully;

2. require as useful, just, or proper;

3. claim as due or just;

4. lay legal claim to

5. summon to court

6. ask to be informed of;

行业词典

体育： 要求；需要；

数学： 需求；