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Impulse Buy Decide 英[ˈɪmpʌls 美[ˈɪmˌpʌls N.凭冲动行事;突如其来的念头;[电子]脉冲;[医]冲动,搏动;Adj.冲动的;V.推动 N Var 冲动;一时兴起的念头

单词 impulse
音标
英[ˈɪmpʌls] 美[ˈɪmˌpʌls]
解释
n.凭冲动行事;突如其来的念头;[电子]脉冲;[医]冲动,搏动;adj.冲动的;v.推动;
例句

N-VAR
冲动;一时兴起的念头
An impulse is a sudden desire to do something.
例:Unable to resist the impulse, he glanced at the sea again...他抑制不住冲动,又向海面瞥了一眼。
例:He still couldn't understand the impulse that had made him confide in Cassandra...他仍然难以理解是什么样的冲动使他向卡桑德拉吐露了秘密。

N-COUNT
脉冲
An impulse is a short electrical signal that is sent along a wire or nerve or through the air, usually as one of a series.

ADJ
一时兴起的;随兴的
An impulse buy or impulse purchase is something that you decide to buy when you see it, although you had not planned to buy it.
例:The curtains were an impulse buy.窗帘是一时兴起买下的。

PHRASE
凭冲动;一时兴起
If you do something on impulse, you suddenly decide to do it, without planning it.
例:Sean's a fast thinker, and he acts on impulse...肖恩是个思维敏捷、行事随兴的人。
例:After lunch she decided on impulse to take a bath.午饭后她突然兴起,决定洗个澡。
变形
pl:impulses~

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