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impulsively

/im-puhl-siv/US // ɪmˈpʌl sɪv //UK // (ɪmˈpʌlsɪv) //

冲动地,冲动,冲动的,一时冲动

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
    • : having the power or effect of impelling; characterized by impulsion: impulsive forces.
    • : inciting to action: the impulsive effects of a revolutionary idea.
    • : Mechanics. acting momentarily; not continuous.

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Examples

  • Adults nappers can tolerate frustration longer and feel less impulsive.

  • At the end of the eighth season, Marshall is offered judgeship and impulsively accepts before talking to Lily.

  • Cons: Remembering what happened last time you impulsively embarked on a new fitness venture.

  • Lane then impulsively kisses Joan in her office, a move that she gracefully dismisses without further wounding his pride.

  • The perpetrators were impulsively violent and willing to kill.

  • On the other hand, she seems entirely capable of announcing for president impulsively.

  • Miss Thangue replied, impulsively, "I have often wondered if you numbered satiety among your complexities!"

  • Impulsively I reached out, and pressed the parts of the ring into a close-fitting whole, when, lo!

  • She held out her hand impulsively, and her eyes were smiling as she said; "We will be generous, Monsieur Harkness—"

  • She could not resist a touch of irony in the last words, and Ruth, who had been ready to take her hand impulsively, was stung.

  • "Oh, but Cordelia, that isn't quite fair," she began impulsively; but for once Cordelia forgot her politeness and interrupted.