By now this had become a major preoccupation for him.

现在这已成为他的当务之急.

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Stranded with no income or housing, obtaining a job has turned into my immediate priority.

我身无分文也无家可归，获取工作已成为当务之急。

金山词霸

It is of the utmost urgency to find out what has happened to these people.

查明这些人发生了什么事是至关重要的当务之急。

金山词霸

Our greatest primary task is to put people to work.

我们当务之急就是让人们有工作可做.

演讲部分

Any statesman is in part the prisoner of necessity.

任何政治家都或多或少地是一些当务之急事情的俘虏.

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The safety of the boat and crew becomes paramount.

保住潜艇和全艇人员的安全是当务之急.

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Our immediate concern is for / with the families of those who died.

我们当务之急是安抚死者的家属.

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These will be our first priorities.

这些将是我们的当务之急.

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That task rates low on my priority list.

那件事情并不是我的当务之急.

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The news story had ceased to have priority.

新闻报道已不再是当务之急了.

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Survival is our first imperative.

我们当务之急是设法生存下来.

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The immediate contingency overtook him, pulled him back from the edge of the theoretical abyss.

当务之急追上了他, 把他从理论深渊的边缘拉了回来.

英汉文学 - 盖茨比

One of our urgent tasks is to put an immediate end to the war.

我们眼下的当务之急之一就是立即结束战争.

演讲部分

Our immediate concern was to prevent the fire from spreading to other buildings.

我们的当务之急是阻止火势向其他建筑物蔓延.

辞典例句

It was obviously important that he should form some quick idea of them as individuals.

迅速掌握各人的特点,显然是他的当务之急.

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