(especially of a person's manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way (尤指人的举止或行为)专横的,霸道的;盛气凌人的 ‘Just do it!’ came the peremptory reply. “马上做!”传来蛮横的回答。 ■(Law)not open to appeal or challenge; final (律)绝对的,强制的,不能上诉的;最终的 there has been no disobedience of a peremptory order of the court. 对法院的强制命令没有不服从的。
派生 peremptorily adverb peremptoriness noun 语源
late Middle English (as a legal term): via Anglo-Norman French from Latin peremptorius 'deadly, decisive', from perempt- 'destroyed, cut off', from the verb perimere, from per- 'completely' + emere 'take, buy'