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
More than 50% of marriages are doomed to fall.
50%的婚姻都注定以失败告终。
Did you hurt yourself?
你自己割伤的？
I even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without being able to do anything about it.
半夜，我还拿着电筒来到花园里，满意地（同时惊奇地）发现那些蚂蚁还围着胶带团团转。无能为力。