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urged

/urj/US // ɜrdʒ //UK // (ɜːdʒ) //

敦促,促请,促成,督促

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    urged, urg·ing.

    • : to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
    • : to drive with incitement to speed or effort: to urge dogs on with shouts.
    • : to press, push, or hasten: to urge one's escape.
    • : to impel, constrain, or move to some action: urged by necessity.
    • : to endeavor to induce or persuade, as by entreaties; entreat or exhort earnestly: to urge a person to greater caution.
    • : to press upon the attention: to urge a claim.
    • : to insist on, allege, or assert with earnestness: to urge the need of haste.
    • : to press by persuasion or recommendation, as for acceptance, performance, or use; recommend or advocate earnestly: to urge a plan of action.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    urged, urg·ing.

    • : to exert a driving or impelling force; give an impulse to haste or action: Hunger urges.
    • : to make entreaties or earnest recommendations.
    • : to press arguments or allegations, as against a person, action, or cause: The senator urged against the confirmation of the appointment.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
    • : an involuntary, natural, or instinctive impulse: the sex urge.

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Examples

  • He took Washington to the 1975 NBA Finals and posted a 155-91 record over three seasons before serving as an assistant — and winning the 1981 NBA championship with Boston — for seven years while nursing the urge to lead an NBA team again.

  • When you’re faced with acne, it’s important to resist the urge to cover it with makeup.

  • The exchange began when Musk tweeted a crude image suggesting he was trying to resist the urge to buy Bitcoin.

  • With that has come the urge to quantify and track leisure activities, counting steps, recording meals and fielding reminder notifications from that damn Duolingo owl.

  • I wanted to catch any little urge and start to potentially hack my brain to redirect that serotonin blast you get when you are doing something out of habit.

  • In several reports he urged the pit operators to safeguard the birds.

  • He urged his son to help the Special Forces teams working in the area.

  • The law professor, Benny Tai, urged the students to “retreat and take the spirit of the Umbrella Movement into the community.”

  • Janay admits that Baltimore Ravens officials urged her to apologize along with her husband.

  • After the midterm elections, conservative pundits and radio hosts urged Congress not to work with Obama.

  • Various impulses urged him into a pouring flood of words; yet he gave expression to none of them.

  • But the great number of Indians still unconverted demands many more missionaries, whom the king is urged to send.

  • He urged the growing of mulberry trees and the propagation of silk worms, as being of more value than tobacco.

  • I didn't like to be done; the man urged me to occupy one place that was yet vacant; my evil genius prompted me to do so.

  • Every word she breathed, every anathema she denounced, seemed urged by the quick revenge of Duke Wharton!