Impulse
['ɪmpʌls]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of applying force suddenly; 'the impulse knocked him over'.
錄入:厄普顿--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately.
(n.) The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force.
(n.) The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body.
(n.) A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will.
(v. t.) To impel; to incite.
錄入:玛格
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Thrust, push, impelling force.[2]. Passion, instinct, sudden thought.[3]. Incitement, instigation, motive, influence.
編輯:威拉
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Incentive, push, incitement, force, influence, instigation, feeling,sudden_thought, motive
ANT:Rebuff, repulse, premeditation, deliberation,[See INCENTIVE]
錄入:劳伦斯
解釋/意思:
n. the act of impelling: effect of an impelling force: force suddenly communicated: influence on the mind.—n. Impul′sion impelling force: instigation.—adj. Impuls′ive having the power of impelling: actuated by mental impulse: (mech.) acting by impulse: not continuous.—adv. Impuls′ively.—n. Impuls′iveness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The performance over, Selden's first impulse was to seek Miss Bart. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The impulse under which I acted, the mood controlling me, were similar to the impulse and the mood which had induced me to visit the confessional. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- But a human impulse is more important than any existing theory. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- But just as my first impulse had been to pity her, so was his. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I felt nothing but the natural human impulse to save him from a frightful death. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- A sudden impulse came over him to enter, and see if they were indeed the proofs. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- In this case, his original impulse is modified. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- She had not rummaged her drawers for a month past, and the impulse to perform that operation was now become resistless. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The action and reaction thus constantly at work, tend to give accelerating impulse to invention, and are continually enlarging its sphere of operations. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- But, this impulse yielded to, I speedily put her out of the classe, for, upon that poignant strain, she wept more bitterly than ever. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Meyler possesses a good understanding when one can give him a fortnight to consider things; but whenever impulse is required he is of no use on earth. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The passion of vanity is so prompt, that it rouzes at the least call; while humility requires a stronger impulse to make it exert itself. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The first tremendous impulse of Islam was now spent. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I knew that I was preparing for myself a deadly torture; but I was the slave, not the master of an impulse, which I detested, yet could not disobey. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Motion in one body in all past instances, that have fallen under our observation, is followed upon impulse by motion in another. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Real life is beyond his control and influence because real life is largely agitated by impulses and habits, unconscious needs, faith, hope and desire. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- But she recognised too well, in her spirit, the mockery of her own impulses. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- This arose from the fact that, on account of the rapid succession of the electric impulses, there was not sufficient time between them for the electric action to cease entirely. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- If Machiavelli is a symbol of the political theorist making reason an instrument of purpose, we may take Sorel as a self-conscious representative of the impulses which generate purpose. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- To speak plainly, the electric impulses correspond in form and character to the sound vibration which they represent. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Can't I even have human impulses? 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Some of his impulses are particularly good, I assure you. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- We had shaken hands; he had turned to gobut he was not satisfied: he had not done or said enough to content his generous impulses. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- All her eagerness for acquirement lay within that full current of sympathetic motive in which her ideas and impulses were habitually swept along. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Politics would be like education--an effort to develop, train and nurture men's impulses. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- She knew that Mr. Gryce was of the small chary type most inaccessible to impulses and emotions. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Paul, who was unused to him and his impulses, would naturally have bungled at this offer--declined accepting the same--et cetera. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Ah, but I don't suppose that: haven't I told you that your genius lies in converting impulses into intentions? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The more the educator knows of music the more he can perceive the possibilities of the inchoate musical impulses of a child. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Rosamond had delivered her soul under impulses which she had not known before. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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