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要求 |
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| yāo qiú | yao1 qiu2 | |
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| request, require, stake a claim (to something), to ask, to demand | |
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他的要求很合理。
ta1 de yao4 qiu2 hen3 he2 li3. He is reasonable in his demands. | His request is very reasonable. |
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他要求我幫助他。
ta1 yao4 qiu2 wo3 bang1 zhu4 ta1. He asked me to help him. |
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她要求要見見經理。
ta1 yao4 qiu2 yao4 jian4 jian4 jing1 li3. She demanded to see the manager. |
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他要求我盡快回覆。
ta1 yao4 qiu2 wo3 jin4 kuai4 hui2 fu4. He pressed me for a prompt reply. |
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他要求我保存秘密。
ta1 yao4 qiu2 wo3 bao3 cun2 mi4 mi4. He requested me to keep it secret. |
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她拒絕了我的要求。
ta1 ju4 jue2 liao3 wo3 de yao4 qiu2. She turned down my request. |
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不要屈服於這些要求。
bu4 yao4 qu1 fu2 yu2 zhe4 xie1 yao4 qiu2. Do not give in to those demands. |
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你的行为离要求的太远了。
ni3 de xing2 wei2 li2 yao4 qiu2 de tai4 yuan3 liao3. Your behavior leaves much to be desired. |
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很抱歉，我们不能接受你的要求。
hen3 bao4 qian4, wo3 men2 bu4 neng2 jie1 shou4 ni3 de yao4 qiu2. I'm very sorry, we can't accept your request. |
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我們絕不會接受這些橫蠻無理的要求。
wo3 men2 jue2 bu4 hui4 jie1 shou4 zhe4 xie1 heng2 man2 wu2 li3 de yao4 qiu2. We mustn't give way to these impudent demands. |
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我无法相信他有种向老板要求加工资。
wo3 wu2 fa3 xiang1 xin4 ta1 you3 zhong3 xiang4 lao3 ban3 yao4 qiu2 jia1 gong1 zi1. I can't believe he had the balls to ask the boss for a raise. |
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我們決不會屈服於恐怖份子的要求之下。
wo3 men2 jue2 bu4 hui4 qu1 fu2 yu2 kong3 bu4 fen4 zi3 de yao4 qiu2 zhi1 xia4. We will never give in to terrorist demands. |
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不管我怎么努力，也达不到父母的要求。
bu4 guan3 wo3 zen3 me nu3 li4, ye3 da2 bu4 dao4 fu4 mu3 de yao4 qiu2. No matter how hard I strive, I fail to achieve my parents' requirements. | No matter how hard I try, I can't meet my parents' expectations. |
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在這種情況之下,我不能允許這個要求。
zai4 zhe4 zhong3 qing2 kuang4 zhi1 xia4, wo3 bu4 neng2 yun3 xu3 zhe4 ge4 yao4 qiu2. Under the circumstances I cannot allow the request. |
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我的一位朋友要求我寄給她一張明信片。
wo3 de yi1 wei4 peng2 you3 yao4 qiu2 wo3 ji4 gei3 ta1 yi1 zhang1 ming2 xin4 pian4. A friend of mine asked me to send her a postcard. |
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Beth被她懒惰的男朋友要求帮他做历史作业。
Beth bei4 ta1 lan3 duo4 de nan2 peng2 you3 yao4 qiu2 bang1 ta1 zuo4 li4 shi3 zuo4 ye4. Beth was asked by her lazy boyfriend to do his history homework. |
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这份职位要求应征者有一定的英语口语表达能力。
zhe4 fen4 zhi2 wei4 yao4 qiu2 ying1 zheng1 zhe3 you3 yi1 ding4 de ying1 yu3 kou3 yu3 biao3 da2 neng2 li4. The position requires applicants to be skilled in spoken English. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |
Declan
The Language Learning App Company
