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impulse
ɪmpʌls ˈɪmˌpʌls
Word forms: plural impulses
1 N-VAR [oft NOUN to-infinitive] 冲动;一时兴起的念头 An impulse is a sudden desire to do something. 冲动;一时兴起的念头

  • Unable to resist the impulse, he glanced at the sea again.

    他抑制不住冲动,又向海面瞥了一眼。

  • He still couldn't understand the impulse that had made him confide in Cassandra.

    他仍然难以理解是什么样的冲动使他向卡桑德拉吐露了秘密。

  • Wade resisted an impulse to smile.

    韦德强忍住想笑的冲动。

SYN urge, longing, desire, drive
2 N-COUNT 脉冲 An impulse is a short electrical signal that is sent along a wire or nerve or through the air, usually as one of a series. 脉冲
3 ADJ [ADJ n] 一时兴起的;随兴的 An impulse buy or impulse purchase is something that you decide to buy when you see it, although you had not planned to buy it. 一时兴起的;随兴的

  • The curtains were an impulse buy.

    窗帘是一时兴起买下的。

4 PHRASE 凭冲动;一时兴起 If you do something on impulse, you suddenly decide to do it, without planning it. 凭冲动;一时兴起

  • Sean's a fast thinker, and he acts on impulse.

    肖恩是个思维敏捷、行事随兴的人。

  • After lunch she decided on impulse to take a bath.

    午饭后她突然兴起,决定洗个澡。

SYN impulsively, of your own accord, freely, voluntarily
Quotations
I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse - borne away with every breath! Lord Byron Sardanapalus
To our strongest impulse, to the tyrant in us, not only our reason but also our conscience yields Friedrich Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil
Have no truck with first impulses for they are always generous ones Casimir, Comte de Montrond
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Word PartnershipUse impulse with:
ADJ.

first impulse, strong impulse, sudden impulse 1

VERB.

control an impulse, resist an impulse 1

act on impulse 4

Word Linkpuls ≈ driving, pushing : compulsion, expulsion, impulse
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