Word familyadjectiveexigeantexigentnounexigenceadverbexigently
ex·i·gent /ˈeksədʒənt, ˈeɡzə-/adjectiveadj formal
1.ATTENTIONdemanding a lot of attention from other people in a way that is unreasonable 苛求的，要求过多的
2.IMPORTANTan exigent situation is urgent, so that you must deal with it very quickly 〔情况〕紧急的，急迫的
Examples from the Corpus
exigent• It may well be that had they known of it they would have been even more exigent.• Despairing of a cluttered cupboard, baffled by anger's exigent protocols, we could not say what was meant.
Originexigent
(1600-1700)Latin present participle of exigere; → EXACT2