Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Demand, Require

【辨析】

demand 具有坚决的意义。当主体是人时,通常表示这人有权提出这种命令式的要求;当主语是事物时,则表示“要求”是必需的,迫切需要的。
例句:This work demands your patience.

require常与demand通用,但语气较弱,往往出至于内在的东西所必须或法律、规章制度的要求。
例句:Most plants require sunlight.

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  1. While sending text messages to students, we realize that there is a limited text length in each message and sometimes a small passage has to be broken into several text messages onto students' cell phones.

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