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demand + noun phrase
名词短语直接跟在demand后。
The employees demanded a pay raise.
员工要求加薪。
强烈要求；坚决要求
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强烈要求；坚决要求
To ask for something very firmly.
The employees demanded a pay raise.
员工要求加薪。
强硬地要求。
To request forcefully.
宣称对某物拥有权利。
To claim a right to something.
强硬地询问信息。
To ask forcefully for information.
要求某人做某事。
To require of someone.
demand
Base
原形
demands
3rd person
第三人称单数
demanding
-ing
现在分词
demanded
Past
过去式
demanded
Past participle
过去分词
She demands an explanation.
她要求一个解释。
They demanded a refund yesterday.
他们昨天要求退款。
He has demanded a meeting with the manager.
他已经要求与经理会面。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The teacher demanded that the students finish their homework on time.
老师要求学生按时完成作业。
Protesters are demanding better working conditions from the company.
抗议者正要求公司提供更好的工作条件。
She demanded to speak with the manager immediately.
她要求立即与经理谈话。
名词短语直接跟在demand后。
The employees demanded a pay raise.
员工要求加薪。
表示要求做某事。
She demanded to see the manager.
她要求见经理。
that从句常用虚拟语气（动词原形）。
The teacher demanded that every student submit the assignment on time.
老师要求每位学生按时提交作业。
Not this
He demanded for a raise.
Use this
He demanded a raise.
动词 demand 是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词 for。
Not this
She demanded him to leave.
Use this
She demanded that he leave.
动词 demand 不能接宾语 + 不定式，应使用 that 从句（虚拟语气）或直接接不定式（如 demand to leave）。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
要求解释
The angry customers demanded an explanation for the delayed flight.
愤怒的顾客要求对航班延误作出解释。
追问；要求知道
She demanded to know why the meeting had been cancelled.
她追问会议为什么被取消。
要求付款
The landlord demanded payment by the end of the month.
房东要求在月底前付款。
要求赔偿
The workers demanded compensation for the injury.
工人们要求为这次受伤获得赔偿。
需要关注
A crying baby demands immediate attention.
哭闹的婴儿需要立即关注。
（喻）残酷地索债；苛刻地要求偿付全部代价
He always demands his pound of flesh if you borrow money from him.
如果你向他借钱，他总是会残酷地索债。
不要要求事情按你所希望的样子发生，而要希望它们按实际发生的样子发生，这样你就会过得好。
This line from the Stoic philosopher Epictetus urges us to accept fate rather than demand that events conform to our wishes.
这句出自斯多葛哲学家爱比克泰德的话，敦促我们接受命运，而不是要求事情符合我们的愿望。
要现实一点，要求不可能的事！
This famous slogan from the May 1968 protests in France became a worldwide call to demand radical change.
这句1968年法国五月风暴中的著名口号，成为全世界呼吁要求彻底变革的声音。
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demand 里藏着 mand，和 command（命令）相近，都是强硬地要求别人去做。
语域：mixed 常见场景：法律与商务交涉、正式声明或抗议、当面强硬质问 demand 作动词时语气较强，多用于正式场合或严肃交涉，也见于日常对话中的强硬要求，因此这里标为混合；日常口语中若语气不强，用 ask 或 want 会更自然。
常用于要求某人做某事，后接名词、that从句或不定式。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.