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impulse

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
impulse /ˈɪmˌpʌls/ noun
plural impulses
impulse
/ˈɪmˌpʌls/
noun
plural impulses
Learner's definition of IMPULSE
[count]
: a sudden strong desire to do something冲动;一时的念头
often followed by to + verb常接动词不定式
◊ To do something on (an) impulse or on a sudden impulse is to do it suddenly and without thinking about it first.一时冲动
◊ An impulse buy/purchase is something that is bought on impulse and that usually is not really needed.一时心血来潮买下的东西
Impulse buying is the act or practice of buying things on impulse.冲动消费
technical : a small amount of energy that moves from one area to another脉冲
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5362 COCA: 4695

impulse

1 of 2

noun

im·​pulse ˈim-ˌpəls How to pronounce impulse (audio)
1
a
: a sudden spontaneous inclination or incitement to some usually unpremeditated action
b
: a propensity or natural tendency usually other than rational
2
a
: a wave of excitation transmitted through tissues and especially nerve fibers and muscles that results in physiological activity or inhibition see nerve impulse
b
: the act of driving onward with sudden force : impulsion
c
: motion produced by such an impulsion : impetus
3
b
: the product of the average value of a force and the time during which it acts : the change in momentum produced by the force
4
b
: a force so communicated as to produce motion suddenly
c

impulse

2 of 2

verb

im·​pulse ˈim-ˌpəls How to pronounce impulse (audio)
im-ˈpəls
impulsed; impulsing

transitive verb

: to give an impulse to
Choose the Right Synonym for impulse

motive, impulse, incentive, inducement, spur, goad mean a stimulus to action.

motive implies an emotion or desire operating on the will and causing it to act.

a motive for the crime

impulse suggests a driving power arising from personal temperament or constitution.

buying on impulse

incentive applies to an external influence (such as an expected reward) inciting to action.

a bonus was offered as an incentive

inducement suggests a motive prompted by the deliberate enticements or allurements of another.

offered a watch as an inducement to subscribe

spur applies to a motive that stimulates the faculties or increases energy or ardor.

fear was a spur to action

goad suggests a motive that keeps one going against one's will or desire.

thought insecurity a goad to worker efficiency

Example Sentences

Noun He has to learn to control his impulses. the new auto factory was just the impulse that the local economy needed
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
But the revelation of atrocities in the liberated villages muffled any celebratory impulse in the bunker. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022 Replacing the impulse to scroll with something else is a small but vital first step, as is checking your instincts about popular opinion with your less online friends. WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 That impulse has lessened, but hasn’t ceased: A group of US military advisers recently warned in a report on the aerospace industrial base (pdf) that China could outpace the US in a matter of decades. Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 2 Sep. 2022 The weight of history — including artists’ personal histories, California’s history and the impulse to revisit, reimagine and revise history — was one of them. Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 However, Didymos will still be approximately 11 million kilometers (about 6.8 million miles) from Earth and the impulse of energy that DART delivers to Dimorphos is low. Julia Musto, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2022 The entire street and adjacent streets have felt the impulse given by the award of that contact, so that the vicinity of the theater has been entirely changed within the last eighteen months. San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 Photos of Buechner at his farm, staring dreamily into the distance with a pipe in his mouth, reinforce this impulse by suggesting a bygone era. John Blake, CNN, 21 Aug. 2022 But this impulse is wrongheaded, not because animals lack amazing abilities but because evolution doesn’t produce a hierarchy in which some species are more advanced, or rank higher, than others. Marlene Zuk, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2022
Verb
With a wide variety of sizes, there's something for just about everyone, from the heads of large households to impulse shoppers at gas stations to parents packing kids' school lunches every morning. Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 14 July 2022 Across six movies and massive advances in visual effects technology, Hollywood has been wrestling with a version of that same craven because-they-can impulse. Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 June 2022 According to Gyllander, her audience doesn’t want to impulse-buy products algorithmically served to them between wedding photos. Leah Prinzivalli, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2020 Cutler, who frequently posts on the group, says that a lot of posts are from people who have recently impulse-purchased chickens, not knowing what to do with them, and that a lot of the birds being put up for sale are clearly sick. Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2020 Women displayed way more brain activity in the prefrontal cortex, the region that deals with decision making, focus and impulse control. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Latin impulsus, from impellere to impel

First Known Use

Noun

1647, in the meaning defined at sense 4a

Verb

1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of impulse was in 1611
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5362 COCA: 4695
impulse

noun¹

1sudden strong wish突然產生的強烈願望ADJECTIVE | VERB + IMPULSE | IMPULSE + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEstrong強烈的衝動irresistible無法抵抗的衝動first, initial, original第一個念頭;最初的衝動My first impulse was to run away.我的第一個念頭就是逃跑。sudden突然的衝動human人類的基本衝動basic基本衝動instinctual, natural本能的/自然的衝動repressed被壓抑的衝動conflicting, contradictory, contrary矛盾的衝動;相反的衝動aggressive, murderous, violent挑釁的/殺人的/暴力衝動suicidal自殺衝動destructive破壞衝動creative創作衝動sexual性衝動VERB + IMPULSEfeel, have感到衝動;有衝動She felt a sudden impulse to look to her left.她突然有種想往左看的衝動。be subject to易於衝動We are all subject to aggressive impulses.我們都有攻擊他人的衝動。be driven by受衝動驅使check, control, deny, fight, resist, restrain, stifle, suppress克制衝動;控制衝動;抑制衝動He fought down an impulse to scream.他壓制住想要尖叫的衝動。give in to, obey, yield to屈從於衝動She gave in to an impulse and took the money.她忍不住拿了那筆錢。act on, follow衝動行事Acting on impulse, he picked up the keys and slipped them into his pocket.他一時衝動,撿起鑰匙偷偷塞進了自己的口袋。IMPULSE + NOUNbuy, purchase一時衝動購買的物品The little black designer dress had been an impulse buy.這條名牌黑色小裙子是一時心血來潮買的。item (especially NAmE) 供顧客臨時起意購買的商品Supermarkets sell candy as impulse items at the checkout counter.超市在收款櫃枱擺放糖果,供顧客臨時起意購買。buying衝動性購物buyer衝動型購物者control衝動控制PREPOSITIONon (an) impulse因為衝動Some people will buy a pet on impulse without any idea of what is involved.有些人會因一時衝動買只寵物,而根本不去想這意味着什麼。On an impulse, I went in and bought a box of chocolates.我一時衝動,走進去買了一盒巧克力。impulse towards/toward對⋯的衝動basic impulses towards / toward things such as food and drink對食品、飲料等東西的基本衝動
impulse

noun²

2movement of energy衝力ADJECTIVE | VERB + IMPULSE ADJECTIVEelectrical, nerve, neural電脈衝;神經衝動VERB + IMPULSEgenerate產生脈衝A neuron generates an electrical impulse.神經元產生電脈衝。send, transmit發送/傳送脈衝Nerve impulses are transmitted to the brain.神經脈衝被傳送至大腦。convert sth into, transform sth into把⋯轉換成脈衝Radio waves are converted into electrical impulses.無線電波被轉換成電脈衝。
impulse

noun³

3sth that causes sb/sth to do sth推動力ADJECTIVE | IMPULSE + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEdemocratic, political, religious民主/政治/宗教推動力IMPULSE + VERBlead (sb/sth) to sth, prompt sb/sth (to do sth)動力促使⋯(做某事);動力促成(⋯)the impulse that prompted economic change促使經濟變革的推動力PREPOSITIONimpulse behind⋯背後的推動力the impulse behind a concept概念背後的推動力impulse for對⋯的推動力the impulse for social reform社會改革的推動力impulse towards/toward朝向⋯的推動力the political impulses towards / toward joining a trade union促使加入工會的政治動力

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