impulse

英['ɪmpʌls] 美['ɪmpʌls]
  • n. 冲动;心血来潮;神经冲动;[物]冲量;[电]脉冲
  • vt. 推动
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星级词汇:
    n. (名词)
    1. 冲动
    2. 刺激
    3. 推动力, 推进力
    4. 一时的念头,心血来潮, 感情冲动,冲动的念头
    5. 【电】脉冲
    6. 冲力
    7. 【生理】神经冲动
    8. 搏动
    9. 倾向
    10. 【物】冲量
    11. 【医】冲动
    12. 鼓舞
    13. 一时高兴,兴奋
    v. (动词)
    1. 冲动
    2. 搏动
    3. 推进,推动
    4. 震动
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]凭冲动行事,突如其来的念头 sudden urge to act without thinking about the results
    2. [C]推动; 冲力; 刺激; 推动力 push or thrust; impetus

英英释义

Noun:
  1. an instinctive motive;

    "profound religious impulses"

  2. a sudden desire;

    "he bought it on an impulse"

  3. the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber;

    "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"

  4. (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients);

    "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"

  5. the act of applying force suddenly;

    "the impulse knocked him over"

  6. an impelling force or strength;

    "the car's momentum carried it off the road"

1. All day she had fought off the impulse to telephone Harry.
她一整天都在克制自己想给哈里打电话的冲动。

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2. Sean's a fast thinker, and he acts on impulse.
肖恩是个思维敏捷、行事随兴的人。

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3. After lunch she decided on impulse to take a bath.
午饭后她突然兴起,决定洗个澡。

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4. Many people act on impulse without counting the cost.
很多人不考虑后果就莽撞行事。

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5. He finally gave way to an impulse and pulled her toward him.
他最终还是没能抑制住冲动,把她拉向了自己。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He bought the house on an impulse.
      他凭一时冲动买下了这所房子。
    2. We were seized by a sudden impulse to run.
      我们身不由己突然想跑。
    3. On impulse, I picked up the phone and rang my sister in Australia.
      我一时心血来潮,拿起话筒就给在澳大利亚的妹妹打了个电话。
    4. He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing.
      他突然心血来潮,想站起来歌唱。
    5. He grasped her hand on an impulse.
      他情不自禁地握紧她的手。
    6. I had an impulse to go shopping.
      我当时有种购物的冲动。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He felt an irresistible impulse to rush into the room.
      他有一种难以抗拒的冲动想冲进房间。
    2. She had a sudden impulse to go on holidays.
      她突然心血来潮想去度假。
    3. Her first impulse was to walk out and leave him.
      她的第一个想法就是走出去离开他。
    4. The plan will give an impulse to industrial expansion.
      这个计划将促进工业的扩展。
n. (名词)
  1. impulse用作名词,意思是“冲动,突然的想法”,后面常接动词不定式作其定语,但不可接动名词。
  2. impulse作“一时的想法,突然的想法”解时,是可数名词,可接动词不定式作表语。
用作名词 (n.)
on impulse
    一时冲动 suddenly and without previous thinking or planning
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