Impulsive
[ɪm'pʌlsɪv]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) without forethought; 'letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted' .
(adj.) proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus; 'an impulsive gesture of affection' .
恩里克錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
(a.) Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
(a.) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous; -- said of forces.
(n.) That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
校對:鲁本
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Impelling, moving.[2]. Passionate, rash, quick, hot, hasty.
芭芭拉校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Rash, hasty, wayward, impressible,[See RASH]
手打:普里西拉
例句/造句/用法:
- Is it the secret instinct of decaying nature, or the soul's impulsive throb, as immortality draws on? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- What an impulsive creature, is he not, Mr Crispin? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The activity begins in an impulsive form; that is, it is blind. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Modern psychology has substituted for the general, ready-made faculties of older theory a complex group of instinctive and impulsive tendencies. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- We have reduced it to a little harmless heap of ashes; and our dear impulsive Rachel will never know what we have done! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- You are not impulsive, you are not romantic, you are accustomed to view everything from the strong dispassionate ground of reason and calculation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It was a letter of mine, Mr. Holmes, an indiscreet letter written before my marriage--a foolish letter, a letter of an impulsive, loving girl. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Is he impulsive and utterly selfish? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Equally serious is the fact that a split is set up between conscious thought and attention and impulsive blind affection and desire. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- They are all impulsive, so you see I simply described the Greek at large, not this one in particular. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Celia was not impulsive: what she had to say could wait, and came from her always with the same quiet staccato evenness. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- As he sat down beside her, Amy felt shy again, and turned rosy red at the recollection of her impulsive greeting. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Rosamond had to make her little confession, and he poured out words of gratitude and tenderness with impulsive lavishment. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Being so impulsive,' she said composedly. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- The visitor, more with his eyes than by the slight impulsive motion of his hand, entreated her to be reassured and to trust him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- My mother was no impulsive woman who changed her opinion every hour without reason. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The last twenty-three centuries of history are like the efforts of some impulsive, hasty immortal to think clearly and live rightly. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Experience is in truth a matter of activities, instinctive and impulsive, in their interactions with things. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- For a moment we caught a glimpse of the natural man, impulsive, ardent, keenly sensitive. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Not that she was inclined to sarcasm and to impulsive sallies, as Mary was. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
手打:普里西拉