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im·pulseBrE /ˈɪmpʌls/NAmE /ˈɪmpʌls/ noun [C, usually sing., U] ~ (to do sth) a sudden strong wish or need to do sth, without stopping to think about the results 冲动；心血来潮；一时的念头◆He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing. 他突然心血来潮，想站起来唱歌。◆I resisted the impulse to laugh. 我强忍着没有笑出来。◆Her first impulse was to run away. 她的第一个念头就是逃走。◆The door was open and on (an) impulse she went inside.门开着，她一时心血来潮就走了进去。◆He tends to act on impulse. 他往往凭一时冲动行事。 [C] (specialist) a force or movement of energy that causes sth else to react 动力；冲力；冲量◆nerve/electrical impulses 神经冲动；电路脉冲 [C, usually sing., U] (formal) something that causes sb/sth to do sth or to develop and make progress 推动力；刺激◆to give an impulse to the struggling car industry 给予挣扎中的汽车工业一点刺激 |