Compiling a dictionary demands an enormous amount of time.
編字典是一項極花時間的工作。
There is close relationship between supply and demand.
供應和需求之間的關係十分密切。
Our teacher demanded that we keep quiet.
老師要我們保持安靜。
He is reasonable in his demands.
他的要求很合理。
He demanded that John should go there.
他要求约翰去那里。
She demanded to see the manager.
她要求要見見經理。
A fortune teller once told Christopher Columbus that he would become a famous man. Columbus, in turn, got angry and demanded his money back - claiming that even a child could state something so obvious.