Demanding的意思|Demanding的解释-里氏词典

demanding [dɪ'mændɪŋ]

a. 要求高的, 费力的

Teaching is a demanding profession.
教学工作是个要求很高的工作。
He prejudiced his claim by demanding too much compensation.
他索赔过高反而使他的要求无法实现。
The employees are demanding a six-hour day and a five-day week.
雇员要求每日工作六小时, 每周工作五天.

demanding

[ adj ]
requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
<adj.all>
found the job very demandinga baby can be so demanding

Demand \De*mand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demanded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Demanding}.] [F. demander, LL. demandare to demand,
summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge,
intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission,
order, command. Cf. {Mandate}, {Commend}.]
1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from,
as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to
call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt;
to demand obedience.

This, in our foresaid holy father's name,
Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. --Shak.

2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a
peremptory manner; to question.

I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. --Shak.

3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need
of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.

4. (Law) To call into court; to summon. --Burrill.

"Let's crush the anti-democratic merger that tramples the people's sovereignty!" yelled students, demanding the dissolution of a new governing party created by the merger of Roh's party with two others.
By official count, 12 people had been killed and more than 100 wounded in violence since Sunday when Tibetans marched in Lhasa, demanding an end to nearly four decades of communist rule and the return of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
They are demanding that Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-dominated region in the neighboring republic of Azerbaijan, be turned over to Armenia Ethnic Azeris are predominantly Moslem, while most Armenians are Christian.
Thousands of angry opposition supporters surrounded government office buildings in several cities Saturday, calling for recounts or demanding results.
An art exhibit that appears to invite people to step on the American flag reopened on a limited basis today, and a judge later dismissed a lawsuit by veterans demanding that the banner be removed from the floor.
Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital Sunday, demanding President Hussain Muhammad Ershad resign and hold free national elections.
The drivers of "jeepneys," privately owned passenger vehicles operated through government franchises, are demanding lower prices for spare parts and the suspension of a state-ordered reduction in fares.
"I had always wanted to be a test pilot," he says. "It was damned demanding work." How much time did he actually spend in Vietnam?
Organizations demanding housing for the homeless made a 20-block march to the Zocalo, the capital's main plaza, where an estimated 12,000 people gathered for a rally.
People's fronts and various ethnic groups across the Soviet Union, and especially in the northwestern Baltic republics, are demanding independence from Moscow.
West German officials say Poland is demanding more than Bonn can give, thus acting as the de facto ally of the Soviet Union in mounting international barriers to German unification.
Progressives from the lower ranks of the Communist Party are mounting an open challenge in the powerful Central Committee, demanding a multiparty system and a virtual apology for decades of totalitarian rule.
The former rebels are also demanding that Mrs. Chamorro deliver the resettlement aid she promised to demobilized Contras, who waged a nearly 10-year guerrilla war with U.S. backing against the Sandinistas.
Transit police spokesman Al O'Leary said men passed a note demanding money to the clerk in the booth.
Three longer, more demanding works, literally extraordinary are worth getting to know in these high-definition performances. Satie called his Socrate a 'symphonic drama' but the description would hardly have occurred to anyone else.
But Karski was not a Jew and his electrifying reports propelled the ambivalent Polish exile regime into demanding a response. Nevertheless, foreign office officials suspected the Poles of exploiting the news.
They gave him a letter demanding to know how the soldiers died.
He has now ignored 110 consecutive editorials on the front page of New York's oldest black newspaper, each broadside demanding that he leave office.
Hundreds of prostitutes marched out of the city's biggest red light district Tuesday night, demanding free health care, education for their children and an end to police harassment.
The falling dollar and rising gold suggest the Federal Reserve has supplied at least as many dollars as markets are demanding.
How to face the exponential increases in the number of people demanding more goods.
The Post said today that Kalikow is demanding that the drivers union give up 100 of 263 jobs; the 70 printers cut their work week to four days and the 17 paper handlers give up five jobs.
In prosperous Kuwait, citizens are demanding the restoration of Parliament, which was dissolved in 1986 at the height of the Iran-Iraq war after deputies harshly criticized authorities.
In his letter of resignation, Mr. Toren said "the job was far more demanding than I expected and I do not want to continue in a role that takes such a heavy toll on my life."
The protesters have been demanding that only citizens of former East Germany have access to the highly sensitive files, and immediately denounced the investigators' actions.
Last year on the anniversary, riot police using water cannons and tear gas dispersed a crowd of about 5,000 demanding more freedom at home.
Israeli nationalists are demanding that Israel raze the hotel.
Instead, such a resolution would highlight allegations of atrocities in Kuwait and recommend action "that makes Iraq accountable," possibly by demanding future financial reparations to the Kuwaitis, the source said.
The Communists have been under increasing pressure from mass demonstrations demanding democratic reforms and in the past two months have ousted hard-line leaders, opened borders and promised free elections.
In July, thousands of coal miners walked off the job demanding more consumer goods and control over mining operations.

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