2024-07-06 21:25
Meaning
- [C, usually sing., U] ~ (to do sth) a sudden strong wish or need to do sth, without stopping to think about the results 冲动；心血来潮；一时的念头
- (technical 术语) a force or movement of energy that causes sth else to react 动力；冲力；冲量
- [C, usually sing., U] (formal) something that causes sb/sth to do sth or to develop and make progress 推动力；刺激
- the tendency to act in this way 冲动倾向
Root and Affix
im向内进入+puls驱使，促进+e→内心里驱使外面行动的想法→冲动，一时的念头
- 源自pel, push；impel 推动，刺激；im + pulse脉搏，脉冲 脉搏的产生是因为心脏的推动；
Relational words
- impulse+ion名词后缀→impulsionn.冲动.
- impulse+ive形容词后缀→impulsiveadj.冲动的，受感情驱使的
Examples
- He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing. 他突然心血来潮，想站起来歌唱。
- I resisted the impulse to laugh. 我强忍着没有笑出来。
- The door was open and on (an) impulse she went inside. 门开着，她一时心血来潮就走了进去。
- Her first impulse was to run away. 她的第一个念头就是逃走。
- nerve/electrical impulses 神经冲动；电路脉冲
- to give an impulse to the struggling car industry 给予挣扎中的汽车工业一点动力