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词汇 impulse
释义 impulse
noun
uk /ˈɪm.pʌls/ us /ˈɪm.pʌls/

impulsenoun (WISH)


C2[ C+ to infinitive ]
a sudden strong wish to do something: 冲动,突然的强烈欲望
impulse toI had this sudden impulse to shout out "Nonsense!" in the middle of her speech.在她发言时我突然想大喊“一派胡言!”。
 on (an) impulse
C2
because you suddenly want to, although you haven't planned to: 一时兴起,心血来潮
"I didn't know you were looking for some new shoes." "Oh, I wasn't - I just bought them on impulse."“我不知道你想要买双新鞋。”“噢,不是的——我只是一时冲动才买的。”
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Feelings of desire
appetite
caprice
carnality
carnally
compulsion
desperation
entitled
hankering
hunger
impulse buy
itchy
need
temptation
thirst
urge
vaulting
wanderlust
whim
wish
yen

impulsenoun (SIGNAL)


[ C ]
a short electrical, radio, or light signal that carries information or instructions between the parts of a system: 脉冲
an electrical/nerve impulse电脉冲/神经冲动
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Electricity & electronics
anodize
anti-static
arc
bitstream
brownout
capacitance
chargeable
electricity
generate
high-voltage
homing
linesman
magnet
multimeter
negatively
non-electric
non-electrical
non-electronic
solid-state
transistorized

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Communications - general words

impulsenoun (REASON)


[ Cusually singular ]formal
something that is the force behind or reason for something else: 动机;动力;刺激
a creative/commercial impulse创作冲动/商业动机
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Motives and reasons
autotelic
causeless
drive
first principles
from a place ofidiom
hidden agenda
inclination
justification
mainspring
motivation
motive
name
object
peg
place
reason
should
wherefores
why
without cause

impulse | American Dictionary


impulse
noun

impulsenoun (DESIRE)


[ C/U ]us/ˈɪm·pʌls/
a sudden, strong desire to do something:
[ + to infinitive ]I had this impulse to dye my hair red.
[ C/U ]us/ˈɪm·pʌls/
If you do something on impulse, you do it because you suddenly want to:
[ U ]I bought this expensive sweater on impulse.

impulsenoun (SIGNAL)


[ C ]us/ˈɪm·pʌls/
a short electrical signal that carries information or instructions between the parts of a system:
nerve impulses

impulsenoun (FORCE)


[ U ] physicsus/ˈɪm·pʌls/
the force that is working on an object multiplied by the amount of time it is working

Examples of impulse


impulse
The problem will simply be to explain why they should have these impulses in the first place.
The act of collecting unauthorised recordings thus stems from two significant impulses.
The initial read-through, therefore, was a useful first opportunity to allow the company's own impulses to come to the surface.
We now recognize that both automatic or unconscious impulses and conscious strategies work to control behavior.
However, such developmental impulses are profoundly compromised by the diverse and often contradictory manner by which the projects are being implemented on the ground.
In turn, whenever faith becomes stronger in one's heart, the impulses of practice are reinforced.
The presumed mechanism is decreased afferent impulses to the brain, which reduces arousal and, thereby, reduces sedative requirements.
Radical impulses did not die between 1790 and 1830, but they were expressed in different ways.
The error bars represent the charge from impulses that experienced branch point collision.
The positional information contained in the response would be expected to be dependent on both peak rate and the number of impulses present.
The stimulus sequence consisted of 30,000 motion impulses, presented with a time delay of 10 ms. b!
A coincidence detector at the next level could respond only to roughly coincident impulses, while other neurons relayed the separate firing of each cell.
However, the suppression of evoked activity is much greater (approximately 100 impulses 0s) than the suppression of the spontaneous activity.
The number of impulses per presentation was tracked to permit calculation of response variability.
Visitors must not be susceptible to momentary impulses to help; their intervention must be calculated.
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Collocations withimpulse


impulse

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creative impulse
This philosophy of work does not stop with the creativeimpulse behind the company, but permeates into their everyday interactions.
electrical impulse
The myelination enables an especially rapid mode of electricalimpulse propagation called saltatory conduction.
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generous impulse
Is it not a piece of bureaucratic nonsense to frustrate the generousimpulse of teachers and students in this way?
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