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单词 urging
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Definition of urging in English:

urging

nounˈəːdʒɪŋ
mass noun
  • 1The action of urging someone to do something.

    she bought a new one at Gregory's urging
    count noun the urgings of the crowd made him look around
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the fierce urging of his wife, he simply recognizes that his idyllic life and the safety of his family demands that he act.
    • I turned back to him at his urging, losing myself in the subtle madness of the whole situation.
    • At his urging, the league suspended name callers for a month, with little effect.
    • In his urging, he resists the dehumanizing notion that the court must not pay attention to human reality but only to the law.
    • It is less certain, however, that his urging of greater distinctiveness upon fellow believers is the best way forward.
    • She refused my urging to go to the emergency room and assured me that she would make an appointment to see her doctor post-haste.
    • On his urging, she had included a small stock of black undergarments.
    • He lined up with young players and, at their urging, signed the shirts on their backs.
    • At my urging, he set up a meeting over dinner at a Taiwanese restaurant in Shinjuku.
    • When they pleaded more, I just ignored their pitiful urging and went on my way.
    • I had been with the boy on and off for 3 years, breaking up twice at my urging.
    • Yet Stephanie was able to ignore their urging for a breakup and they have been dating for two more years since that first incident.
    • You know I sent Dylan home at your urging because I thought he would put this whole operation in jeopardy.
    • They continued talking, and she continued drinking, no doubt at his urging, until her cup was empty.
    • She refused to tell me anything at first but as time passed, and with the continuous urging, she finally did open up to me.
    • I get the literal meaning, but I have this urging that there is a deeper, more significant, thing to be comprehended.
    • The father lived in various places with different people until he obtained his present residence after much urging by the society.
    • At his urging, I donned protective clothing and headed off in search of this tragic new affliction.
    • He denied the existence of any hearing problem and appeared at the audiology clinic only at the repeated urging of his wife.
    • In this limited context I disagree with your urging to stop ineffective treatments.
    Synonyms
    demand, demands, call, calls, insistence
    1. 1.1urgings Urges.
      I have had maternal urgings
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But beneath the surface, he was raging with hormonal desires and bursting with unadulterated animal urgings.
      • He was not yet old enough to understand that urgings of desire and love could overshadow such concerns.
 
 
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