Demand

(noun.) the act of demanding; 'the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money'.

(noun.) an urgent or peremptory request; 'his demands for attention were unceasing'.

(noun.) the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; 'the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips'; 'the demand exceeded the supply'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) claim as due or just; 'The bank demanded payment of the loan'.

(verb.) ask to be informed of; 'I demand an explanation'.

(verb.) summon to court.

(verb.) lay legal claim to.

校对:菲利斯

• I demand again to know from thee thy business with Brian de Bois-Guilbert? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Art is again the answer to this demand. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The surplus part of them, therefore, must be sent abroad, and exchanged for something for which there is a demand at home. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• But there are, and the demand is steadily increasing. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The socialist demand for a better distribution of wealth is of great consequence, but without a change in the very nature of labor society will not have achieved the happiness it expects. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I would almost rather die than let you leave me just now, without speaking the word I demand. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I had always been his favorite among the younger generation of Carters and so I hastened to comply with his demand. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• It, too, demands understanding and direction. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The East came to the Western capitals with perplexing demands. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The size of their following, the intensity of their demands are a fair index of what the statesman must think about. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Their development demands continuous alternation and readjustment. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It was a profound observation when Bernard Shaw said that men dread liberty because of the bewildering responsibility it imposes and the uncommon alertness it demands. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Mrs Lammle demands. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• His design for that great work demanded a prelude of splendour and tranquillity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But those who like Peter Featherstone never had a copy of themselves demanded, are the very last to wait for such a request either in prose or verse. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But when necessity demanded, he could be firm as adamant. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Jacques Three demanded how he afterwards recognised him then? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The giant, steam, demanded and received the obeisance of every art before devoting his inexhaustible strength to their service. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Hannah, on the contrary, demanded no respect, only flattery. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Shrinking to the furthest corner of the seat, he demanded to know what they wanted there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• All of these details received Mr. Edison's personal care and consideration on the spot, in addition to the multitude of other affairs demanding his thought. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• At midnight a number of them came thundering at our door, demanding more rum, of which we took no notice. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• That there was any Fancy in them demanding to be brought into healthy existence instead of struggling on in convulsions? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• By demanding payment of the bank, the owner of a bank credit would lose this premium. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Thus constant devotion to pursuits strenuously demanding labour-saving devices evolved a race of keen inventors and mechanics. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The one great outrage of her life, demanding to be constantly avenged, was the passage of a donkey over that immaculate spot. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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