Urge
['ɜːdʒ] or [ɝdʒ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a strong restless desire; 'why this urge to travel?'.
(noun.) an instinctive motive; 'profound religious impulses'.
(verb.) force or impel in an indicated direction; 'I urged him to finish his studies'.
黛安娜校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
(v. t.) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
(v. t.) To provoke; to exasperate.
(v. t.) To press hard upon; to follow closely
(v. t.) To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.
(v. t.) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
(v. i.) To press onward or forward.
(v. i.) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
黛比手打
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Push, press, impel, drive, force onward, push on, press on.[2]. Solicit, importune, beg, entreat, beseech, implore, conjure.[3]. Incite, animate, encourage, instigate, stimulate, goad, spur.
錄入:斯蒂芬妮
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Press, push, drive, impel, propel, force, importune, solicit, animate, incite,instigate, stimulate, {[halten]?}, expedite, accelerate, despatch
ANT:Repress, bold, retain, inhibit, coerce, restrain, cohibit, hinder, retard,discourage, damp, obstruct
整理:罗威娜
解釋/意思:
v.t. to press in any way: to drive: to press earnestly: to solicit earnestly: to provoke.—v.i. to incite: to insist: to make allegations.—n. act of urging.—n. Ur′gency quality of being urgent: earnest asking: pressing necessity.—adj. Ur′gent urging: pressing with importunity: calling for immediate attention: earnest.—adv. Ur′gently.—n. Ur′ger.
校對:奥利弗
例句/造句/用法:
- It is in vain to urge, that inanimate objects act without liberty and choice. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Do not urge her any more. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- For if ownership is a human need, we certainly cannot taboo it as the extreme communists so dogmatically urge. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Do not urge her, madam, said Edmund. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- A letter arrived from Mr. Churchill to urge his nephew's instant return. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Might not her mother take advantage of Adrian's absence to urge her beyond her sufferance, perhaps to entrap her? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- St. Clare opened his eyes, and looked fixedly on the distressed beings, whom Miss Ophelia and the doctor were trying to urge from the apartment. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- And what can have urged you to so sudden a departure? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Pray don't, father, urged his son. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The jealousy of the artist to maintain that reputation, which his ingenuity has justly acquired, has urged him to unnecessary pains on this subject. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I was partly urged by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- You have lost your labour--you had better go no farther, urged the monitor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I urged my companions to prepare for the wreck of our little skiff, and to bind themselves to some oar or spar which might suffice to float them. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Let her alone,' urged the man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- See another reason for urging it on! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- As Sarkoja talked with Zad he cast occasional glances in my direction, while she seemed to be urging him very strongly to some action. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- She too had begun to think this an opportunity for urging on Tertius what he ought to do. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Dejah Thoris stood as close to it as she could, whispering words of hope and courage to me, and urging me to save myself. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- They were trying to intimidate him--to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- He was urging his son to marry my daughter with as little regard for what she might think as if she were a slut from off the streets. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts--not to hurt others. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Edward answers by fresh assurances of secrecy, and again urges on him the necessity of procuring some venison. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Come over to my place'--he urged as one urges a drunken man. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Hope beckons and sorrow urges us, the heart beats high with expectation, and this eager desire of change must be an omen of success. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The third sentence urges greater safeguards against undesirable marriages. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Say yes,' Wegg naturally urges. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
錄入:梅利特