| 单词 | urge |
| 释义 | urge (ɜːʳdʒ ) Word forms: urges , urging , urged 1. verb If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it. They urged parliament to approve plans for their reform programme. [VERB noun to-infinitive] Firemen urged them to go to the shelter. [VERB noun to-infinitive] Synonyms: beg, appeal to, exhort [formal], press 2. verb If you urge someone somewhere, you make them go there by touching them or talking to them. He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 'Come on, Grace,' he was urging her, 'don't wait, hurry up.' [VERB noun] 3. verb If you urge a course of action, you strongly advise that it should be taken. He urged restraint on the security forces. [VERB noun + on] We urge vigorous action to be taken immediately. [VERB noun] Synonyms: advocate, suggest, recommend, advise 4. countable noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive] If you have an urge to do or have something, you have a strong wish to do or have it. He had an urge to open a shop of his own. Resist the urge to nap during the day. Synonyms: impulse, longing, wish, desire Phrasal verbs: urge on phrasal verb If you urge someone on, you encourage them to do something. She had a strong and supportive sister who urged her on. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Visitors remember a lean, cheerful figure on horseback urging on his men. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Collocations: competitive urge Like his father, he first felt the competitive urge when he got behind the wheel of the family car. Times, Sunday Times In a sense the competitive urge unleashed by league tables has undermined the information they contain. Times, Sunday Times This app works best with big families, because it plays on the natural competitive urges between siblings. Times, Sunday Times Instead of moaning, all three realised they might yet still be able to make the cut and rediscovered their competitive urges. Times, Sunday Times But the gradient was unrelenting, and waves of nausea doused the last flickering competitive urges. Times, Sunday Times Yet really any sort of work will suffice, and it doesn't matter if it earns money or satisfies a lofty creative urge. Times, Sunday Times I spend up to seven hours a day at it, and it fulfils a creative urge. Times,Sunday Times They let him milk the full creative urge. The Sun I believe all of us have a creative urge, which can be satisfied through hobbies such as music, art or gardening - or through an occupation or a charitable venture. Times, Sunday Times She says she lost the creative urge during this period because she was immersed in family. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 New government guidelines urge enforcement officers to throw the book at anyone who breaks the rules. The Sun This would be the government whose absurd healthy eating guidelines urge you to eat five pieces of fruit and vegetables a day, juice included. Times, Sunday Times The guidelines urge officers to assess all intelligence on the family. Times, Sunday Times The guidelines urge producers to consider employing an 'intimacy director' to protect male and female actors. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 敦促某人做某事, 强烈欲望 Japanese: せきたてる, 強い衝動 |
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