Demanding

(adj.) requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; 'found the job very demanding'; 'a baby can be so demanding' .

编辑:马克斯

• He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• All of these details received Mr. Edison's personal care and consideration on the spot, in addition to the multitude of other affairs demanding his thought. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• At midnight a number of them came thundering at our door, demanding more rum, of which we took no notice. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• That there was any Fancy in them demanding to be brought into healthy existence instead of struggling on in convulsions? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• By demanding payment of the bank, the owner of a bank credit would lose this premium. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Thus constant devotion to pursuits strenuously demanding labour-saving devices evolved a race of keen inventors and mechanics. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The one great outrage of her life, demanding to be constantly avenged, was the passage of a donkey over that immaculate spot. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• There is thus a heavy toll reckoned against the user, and the creditor is relentless in demanding payment. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• At the same time other problems were demanding solution. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Mrs Lammle gave him the look of a decidedly dissatisfied party demanding exemption from the category; but said nothing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Then the eager spectators gathered round the count, demanding an explanation. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• In his usual mode of demanding an opinion (he had not reticence to wait till it was voluntarily offered) he asked, Were you interested? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• All her men were dead, it remained to her only to stand alone in indomitable assertion, demanding nothing. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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