exigeant
/ek-si-juhnt; French eg-zee-zhahn/US // ˈɛk sɪ dʒənt; French ɛg ziˈʒɑ̃ //
要求高的,要求高,苛刻的,苛刻的要求
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : exigent.
Examples
Nor was Aunt Emmeline very exigeant, though she was fantastic and sometimes disagreeable.
He showed himself most exigeant as to the conditions on which he would consent to leave Egypt.
In the same way this involved much marching and counter-marching over the same "exigeant" class of country.
There is so much to be done, and the children are rather exigeant, and demand all the afternoon.
But if he comes back penitent, and shows himself less exigeant, I shan't refuse his overtures of peace.
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