Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Pressing, urgent: Describes a situation, need, or task that is extremely important and requires immediate attention or action. It conveys a sense of great necessity and cannot be delayed.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đây là một vấn đề bức thiết cần được giải quyết ngay. (This is a pressing issue that needs to be resolved immediately.)
  • Nhu cầu về nước sạch trở nên bức thiết sau trận lũ. (The need for clean water became urgent after the flood.)
  • Chúng tôi nhận được một yêu cầu bức thiết từ trụ sở chính. (We received an urgent request from the headquarters.)

Advanced Usage

• "tính bức thiết" (noun phrase): The quality of being urgent; urgency.
  • Tính bức thiết của tình hình không cho phép chúng ta chần chừ. (The urgency of the situation does not allow us to hesitate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bức bách (adj): Also means pressing or urgent, often with a connotation of being forced or constrained.
• Cấp bách (adj): Urgent, critical, often used in formal or official contexts (e.g., - urgent work).
• Khẩn cấp (adj): Emergency, urgent, used for situations requiring instant action (e.g., - state of emergency).

Synonyms

• Cấp thiết (adj): Urgent, imperative.
• Hối hả (adj): Hurried, hasty (more about the speed of action than the nature of the need).

Related Phrases

• Mang tính bức thiết: To have an urgent character; to be of an urgent nature.
  • Cuộc họp mang tính bức thiết cao. (The meeting is of a highly urgent nature.)

Related Idioms

Note: There are no common idioms that use the exact word "bức thiết" as a core component. Its meaning is typically expressed directly in phrases.

adj

1. Pressing, urgent
   • nhiệm vụ bức thiết
     a pressing task
   • một yêu cầu bức thiết
     an urgent need