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Hi， If we are doing something complex, but the time is too short or not long enough, can we say "the time is too urgent"? Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. thetimeistoourgent Threadstarter longxianchen Startdate May31,2013 L longxianchen SeniorMember chinese Hi， Ifwearedoingsomethingcomplex,butthetimeistooshortornotlongenough,canwesay"thetimeistoourgent"?Iguess"limited"canworkhere,butIdon'tknowiftherearemorecommonlyusedwordshere.Thankyouverymuch   sb70012 SeniorMember BorninIranlivinginChina Persian HellodearLongxianchen, Timeislimited(isbetter) Because,Timeisurgent,wouldbeusedbysomoenemakingyoudothework.BysayingthisjobisurgentbutIneeditdoinginthelimitedtimeavailable.Youcouldsaytimeispressing,meaningthatthereislimitedtimeleft.Forexample,IneedtofinishthisjobnowastimeispressingandIcannotbedistractedfromthejob. GoodLuckinyourstudy.   L longxianchen SeniorMember chinese Thankyou,buddy.Hopewhatyousaidisright.AndIhavegotanotherexpressionforthemeaning.Thatis,timepresses.Butmaybethereareadjsforthat.like "Timeistight."   Lastedited:May31,2013 soundshift SeniorMember Derby(centralEngland) English-England Wewouldn'tsay,"Thetimeis(too)urgent"inthisscenario,becauseit'snottimethat'surgent;it'stheneedtofinishthejobthat'surgent.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top