Imperative language
[计] 命令式语言, 强制语言
🧩 词语组成解析
imperative
[ɪm'pɛrətɪv]
adj. 必要的，不可避免的;命令的，专横的;势在必行的;[语]祈使的;
n. 必要的事;命令;规则;[语]祈使语气;
imper统治，指挥+ative...的 → 跟统治相似的 → 命令的，强制的
🗣️ 情景例句
parents are invited to attend--
家长被邀请来参加
The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢不成器。
When he asked if Mr.Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad.
当他询问莱恩先生是否住在那里时，值班的警察告诉他这位前首相落选后出国去了。