exigency [ˈɛksɪdʒ(ə)nsi, ˈɛgzɪ-, ɪgˈzɪ-, ɛgˈzɪ-] (pl. -ies)
an urgent need or demand 急切需要;迫切要求 women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it. 当家庭的经济状况迫切需要时,妇女工作的时间就很长。 [mass noun]he put financial exigency before personal sentiment. 在经济需要和个人情感之间他更注重前者。
语源
late 16th cent.: from late Latin exigentia, from Latin exigere 'enforce' (see exact)