impulses

英 [ˈɪmpʌlsɪz]

美 [ˈɪmpəlsɪz]

n.  冲动; 心血来潮; 一时的念头; 脉冲; 冲击; 冲量; 推动力; 刺激
impulse的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 冲动;一时兴起的念头
  Animpulseis a sudden desire to do something.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Wade resisted an impulse to smile.
     韦德强忍住想笑的冲动。
• 脉冲
  Animpulseis 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
  Animpulsebuy orimpulsepurchase is something that you decide to buy when you see it, although you had not planned to buy it.
  1. 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 somethingon impulse, you suddenly decide to do it, without planning it.
  1. Sean's a fast thinker, and he acts on impulse...
     肖恩是个思维敏捷、行事随兴的人。
  2. After lunch she decided on impulse to take a bath.
     午饭后她突然兴起,决定洗个澡。

双语例句

• Having perseverance, determination and a strong sense of purpose means you are excellent at controlling your impulses.
  有恒心、决心和强烈的目标感，意味着你很会控制你的冲动。
• Nerve cells carry and receive nervous impulses.
  神经细胞传递并接收神经冲动。
• Hair cells convert sound waves into electrical impulses that can be interpreted by the brain.
  毛细胞将声波转换成可以被大脑分辨的电脉冲。
• Self-Discipline – The ability to control and restrain impulses.
  自律&控制并抑制自己冲动的能力。
• Make an abrupt change of image or sound. In television, the scene is translated into electric impulses.
  作一个突然的场景或声音的转变。在电视里，场景被转变为电脉冲。
• Inhibition of natural impulses may cause psychological problems.
  压抑冲动可能会引起心理上的问题。
• Although truth and justice may be the most powerful impulses to show moral courage, there are others.
  虽然真理和正义是表现道德上勇气的最强有力的推动力，但还有其他的。
• The problem is to keep these impulses, without making war the outlet for them.
  问题是要控制这些冲动，不要使他们把战争做为他们的出路。
• It's one of the ways we monitor ourselves, control impulses and guide actions.
  它只是我们对自己进行调节、控制冲动和引导自己行为的一种方式。
• I evaluate all this and start sending out impulses to step up production of gastric juices and saliva.
  我核计了这一切，开始传出搏动以加快生产胃液和唾液。