nonemergencyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

non- +‎ emergency

形容詞

nonemergency (not comparable)

1. Not an emergency.

   a nonemergency situation

   • 2008 October, Mark Jenkins, “Need surgery? Call a travel agent”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, ISSN 1054-4836, page 152:

     Rupak says that 45 percent of his clients undergo nonemergency, nonelective surgeries (such as knee, shoulder, back, かつ hip operations), while 30 percent have cosmetic procedures (tummy tucks, breast enlargements, かつ facelifts.)

2. Not involved in emergency services, such as fire or rescue.

   nonemergency personnel

名詞

nonemergency (複数形 nonemergencies)

1. Something that is not an emergency
   • 1988 November 18, David Allen Jones, “Something Stupid”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     That's the number for nonemergencies.