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单词 impulsion
释义

Definition of impulsion in English:

impulsion

noun ɪmˈpʌlʃ(ə)nɪmˈpəlʃən
  • 1A strong urge to do something.

    the impulsion of the singers to govern the pace
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Moreover, the Romantic painter's impulsion to take risks, eloquently discussed in Anita Brookner's Romanticism and its discontents, throws valuable light on Berlioz's use of rhetoric.
    • Man feels the same impulsion, but he knows that he is free to acquiesce or to resist.
    Synonyms
    force, motive force, propulsive force, propulsion, drive, driving force, actuation, impetus, impulse, momentum, push, pressure, power
    1. 1.1mass noun The motive or influence behind an action or process.
      attitudes changed under the impulsion of humanitarian considerations
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I would like to believe that we are all driven by some spiritual impulsion of which we are perhaps not even aware.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'the action or an instance of impelling'): via Old French from Latin impulsio(n-), from the verb impellere (see impel).

Rhymes

avulsion, compulsion, convulsion, emulsion, expulsion, propulsion, repulsion, revulsion
 
 

Definition of impulsion in US English:

impulsion

nounimˈpəlSHənɪmˈpəlʃən
  • 1A strong urge to do something; an impulse.

    the impulsion of the singers to govern the pace
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Moreover, the Romantic painter's impulsion to take risks, eloquently discussed in Anita Brookner's Romanticism and its discontents, throws valuable light on Berlioz's use of rhetoric.
    • Man feels the same impulsion, but he knows that he is free to acquiesce or to resist.
    Synonyms
    force, motive force, propulsive force, propulsion, drive, driving force, actuation, impetus, impulse, momentum, push, pressure, power
    1. 1.1 The force or motive behind an action or process.
      attitudes changed under the impulsion of humanitarian considerations
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I would like to believe that we are all driven by some spiritual impulsion of which we are perhaps not even aware.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action or an instance of impelling’): via Old French from Latin impulsio(n-), from the verb impellere (see impel).

 
 
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