爱华网【英语词汇】
crucial、critical、urgent、pressing
佳中
crucial
critical
这两个形容词都可表示“至关重要”、“紧要关头”、“危急的”意思，两者常可换用，crucial更偏向至关重要，critical更偏向危急、危险，到了关键的重要转折的时候。
1）That was a crucial /critical decision he had ever made in hislife.
那是他一生中作出的最关键的一个决定。
2）Now we are in a crucial /critical situation and we shouldnever retreat and
give in.
现在我们正处在一个关键时刻,我们决不应该退却和放弃。
3）Ensuring supply offood and safe drinking water and trying to restoregood
sanitation are critical / crucial .
保障食品和安全饮用水的供应、尝试恢复良好的卫生条件，这些都至关重要。
4）Improved consumer confidenceis crucial to an economic recovery.
消费者信心的提升对经济的复苏至关重要。
5）Because in thenext century one in four of our population will be over60,
maintaining the health and quality of life of the elderly will be acrucial
issue for all of us.
为下个世纪四分之一的人口将超过60岁,维护老人的健康和生活质量对我们所有的人来说是
一个重要的问题。
6）The patient is incritical condition and we must send him to thehospital
without delay.
病人情况危急,我们必须立即把他送到医院去。
7）The shift managerrealized the situation was critical and immediatelysounded
the alarm.
值班主任认识到情况的危急，于是立即拉响了警报。
urgent
pressing
这两个形容词都可表示“紧迫的”、“急迫的”、“紧急的”意思。 urgent强调因紧迫而需要优先处置。pressing 强调要立即予以关注，也可指时间紧迫。
1）It is urgent thatsuch regional policies be worked out and implementedas
soon aspossible.
当务之急是要尽快制定和实施这些区域性政策。
2）The manager is engaged in dealing with some urgentcorrespondence and cannot
see you atthe present time.
经理正忙着处理紧急函件,眼下不能看你。
3）He rushed in with an urgent telex from Hong Kong.
他手里拿着一份香港发来的紧急电传冲了进来。
4）The most urgent thing in a fire is to make sure everyoneis out of the
building.
发生火灾时，最急迫的事是要保证每个人撤离大楼。
5）The matter is pressing / urgent and must be dealt with atonce.
事情很急,必须立即处理.
6）Antibiotic resistance is one of the world's most pressingpublic health
problems.
抗生素耐药性是世界上最紧迫的公众健康问题之一。
7）How to effectively deal with these crises is a pressingpractical problem in
the transition period ofChina.
在中国过渡时期如何有效地应对这些危机是一个紧迫而现实的问题。
8）We have no doubt that they will manage to complete the difficulttask though
the time is pressing.
毫无疑问, 他们会设法完成困难的任务，虽尽管时间很紧迫。
compelling有时也可表示“紧迫的”的意思
1）I should not have done so,other than for the most compelling reasons.
要不是出于非常紧迫的原因，我本不应该这样唐突的.
2）How the SEC undertakes this challenge of technology is thecompelling
question.
证交会如何应对这个技术挑战是一个紧迫的问题.
