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词汇 on-the-spur-of-the-moment
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on the spur of the moment


idiom informal
C2
used to say that a decision, action, etc. is sudden and done without any planning: (决定、行动等)一时冲动的,心血来潮的
We hadn't planned to go away - it was one of those spur-of-the-moment decisions.我们本来没打算走的——这是一时冲动作出的决定。
We just jumped in a car on the spur of the moment and drove to the seaside.我们一时心血来潮,当即跳上汽车向海边开去。
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abruptness
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spirit
spontaneity
spontaneous
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unsuspected
untimely
untoward
unwilled
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on the spur of the moment | American Dictionary


on the spur of the moment


idiom
suddenly without any planning:
On the spur of the moment, we decided to go to the beach.

Examples of on the spur of the moment


on the spur of the moment
I like to do things onthespurofthemoment. 25.
As mentioned earlier, his song emulates how someone in his position may well sing onthespurofthemoment.
Normally you might supply a quick answer, followed by an example which you have thought up onthespurofthemoment.
Nevertheless, even taking these points into consideration, we are persuaded that people had a tendency to initiate lawsuits onthespurofthemoment, especially when inveigled to do so.
It could be argued that the 'blessing', in its altered state, co-constructed and experienced by the group onthespurofthemoment, retained its meaning and function.
Secondly, the necessary protective measures cannot be improvised onthespurofthemoment.
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The figure chosen in 1990 was simply plucked out of the air onthespurofthemoment.
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In the first place, such marriages may be contracted onthespurofthemoment without any public notice or formality.
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He was suffering from neuralgia, and it was written onthespurofthemoment without due consideration.
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He would be a very rash man who would onthespurofthemoment commit himself hopelessly to any one of the various suggestions.
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We have not jumped to conclusions onthespurofthemoment.
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Are final decisions being taken almost onthespurofthemoment, with no more than a few weeks' notice?
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Plans are produced onthespurofthemoment without proper consideration of the effects.
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I could not do it onthespurofthemoment.
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That is not a bad reply onthespurofthemoment.
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