Word · Frequency #5362
impulsing
推动；激起
impulsing is the present participle of impulse.
To impel; to incite.
- 1.
To impel; to incite.
推动；激发。
推动；激发。；推动
In use
A strong argument can impulse an audience to reconsider its views.
Her inspiring story impulsed many young people to start volunteering.
Frequent praise impulses a child to keep trying.
Verb forms
base impulse · third person impulses · -ing impulsing · past impulsed · past participle impulsed
impulse 作动词时指给予推动力、激发行动，常用于正式或书面语，比名词用法少见。
Connections
Idioms & figurative uses
- on impulse
- 一时冲动；凭一时兴起She bought the expensive coat on impulse.她一时冲动买了那件昂贵的外套。
- impulse buy
- 冲动购买；心血来潮买下的东西That new gadget was an impulse buy; I didn't really need it.那个新玩意儿是冲动购买，我其实并不需要它。
- act on an impulse
- 凭冲动行事He acted on an impulse and quit his job.他一时冲动辞了职。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：impulse 拆成 im + pulse（脉搏），像脉搏一股向前的冲劲推动你行动，即“推动、激发”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary texts 作为动词，impulse 表示“推动；激发”，属于正式或书面用语，多用于文学作品或正式论述中；日常会话中比较少用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common English word rhymes exactly with /ˈɪmpəls/ because the stress falls on the first syllable and the final syllable is unstressed. The spelling lookalikes pulse (/pʌls/), repulse (/rɪˈpʌls/), and convulse (/kənˈvʌls/) all have the stressed vowel /ʌ/ and are pronounced differently from impulse.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.