urgency

緊急性

重要なことにすぐ対処する必要があること。

やさしい英語で： The need to deal with something important immediately.

• There is no urgency.
• The storm added urgency to the repairs.
• We must explain the urgency of getting help.

類義語： pressing need

よく使う表現： sense of urgency, great urgency, extreme urgency, urgency of something

切迫感、強い欲求

何かをしなければという強い気持ち、または実現を迫る強い圧力。

やさしい英語で： A strong feeling that you must do something, or strong pressure to make it happen.

• I felt a sudden urgency to leave.
• There was urgency in her repeated pleas.
• The medicine reduced his urinary urgency.

使い方： urgency to do something (He felt an urgency to speak before the meeting ended.)

類義語： urge, insistence

よく使う表現： sudden urgency, urinary urgency, urgency to act