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
Are you ready to make a ten-percent down payment? Payments over 30 years?
你能支付 10% 的首期房款吗？三十年按揭吗？
I'm not sure what time I'm coming back.
我不肯定我什么时间回来。
I know someone who always cuts sketches out from newspapers of model clothes that she would like to buy if she had the money.
我认识一个人，她总喜欢从报纸上剪下流行服装的图样，等以后有钱时去买服装。