peremptory
adjective /pəˈremptəri/
/pəˈremptəri/
(formal, disapproving)- (especially of somebody’s manner or behaviour
) expecting to be obeyed immediately and without questioning or refusing尤指态度、举止 强硬的;强制的;不容分辩的 - a peremptory summons
强制性传票 - The letter was peremptory in tone.
信中的语气强硬。 - with a peremptory wave of his hand
他专横地挥了挥手
词源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’. - a peremptory summons