英语词汇“impetus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	impetus
释义	impetus /im"pi teuhs/, n. , pl. impetuses. 1. a moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life. 2. (broadly) the momentum of a moving body, esp. with reference to the cause of motion. [1650-60; < L: an attack, lit., a rushing into, perh. by haplology from *impetitus (though the expected form would be *impetitus; see APPETITE), equiv. to impeti-, var. s. of impetere to attack (im- IM-¹ + petere to make for, assault) + -tus suffix of v. action] Syn. 1. stimulation, spur, boost.
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