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单词 urge
释义
urge
noun[C]
uk
/ɜːdʒ/us
/ɝːdʒ/
C2
astrongwish,especiallyone that isdifficultorimpossibletocontrol:
（尤指难以或无法控制的）欲望，冲动
The two of themseemunabletocontroltheirsexualurges.他们两个似乎欲火焚身。
[+ to infinitive]The urgetostealis verystrongin some of theseyoungmen.这些年轻人中有很多人都有很强的偷窃欲望。
More examples
  • Shefeltanoverwhelmingurge totellsomeone about what hadhappened.
  • I can neverresistthe urge tolaugh.
  • aprimalurge toconnectwithnature
  • I had asuddenurge toslaphim in theface.
  • She had tofighttheoverwhelmingurge tokisshim.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feelings of desire
  • appetite
  • caprice
  • carnality
  • compulsion
  • covetousness
  • dream
  • drive
  • entitled
  • hankering
  • hunger
  • impulse
  • impulse buy
  • impulse buying
  • thirst
  • vaulting
  • whim
  • whimsy
  • wish
  • yearning
  • yen
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urge
verb[IorT]
uk
/ɜːdʒ/us
/ɝːdʒ/
C1
tostronglyadviseortrytopersuadesomeone to do aparticularthing:
敦促；驱策；力劝
[+ to infinitive]Lawyers will urge theparentstotakefurtherlegalaction.律师们会力劝家长们采取进一步的法律行动。
[+ that]Investigators urgedthatsafetyproceduresat thesiteshould beimproved.调查人员敦促该工地改进安全规程。
Policeurgedcontinuedvigilancein thefightagainstcrime.警方呼吁继续保持警惕打击犯罪。
Thedogsare urgedintofightingmorefiercelybyloudshoutsfrom thecrowd.人群里发出的高声叫喊使这些狗咬斗得更凶了。
We willcontinueto urgeforleniencyto beshownto theseprisoners.我们将继续呼吁对这些犯人给予宽宥。
More examples
  • Newspapereditorsare being urged not tointrudeinto thegriefof thefamiliesofmissingservicemen.
  • Thepresidenturged othercountriestoliftthetraderestrictions.
  • TheWorldBank is being urged to write offdebtsfromdevelopingcountries.
  • People were urged toboycottthe country'sproducts.
  • He again urgedapprovalof aconstitutionalamendmentoutlawingabortion.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Urging & persuading
  • ambulance-chasing
  • argumentation
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • blag
  • blagger
  • chivvy
  • fob
  • induce
  • inveigle
  • jolly
  • lean
  • lean onsomeone/something
  • miseducate
  • miseducation
  • overencourage
  • soft sell
  • woo
  • work onsomething
  • wrap
  • wrapsomeonearoundyourlittle fingeridiom
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Related word

urging

Phrasal verb

urgesomeoneon
(Definition ofurgefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

urge| American Dictionary

urge
verb[T]
us
/ɜrdʒ/

urgeverb[T](ADVISE)

toencouragesomeonestronglyto do something or toaskthat something be done:
Partyleadersurged her torunforCongress.

Phrasal verb

urgesomeoneon
urge
noun[C]
us
/ɜrdʒ/

urgenoun[C](DESIRE)

astrongdesireor need:
ahuman/naturalurge
Sometimes I get an urge to goswimmingatlunchtime.
(Definition ofurgefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofurge

urge
In consequence thereof being reduced to the most abject state of poverty (thro, want of employment) has urged me to make this application.
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Publishersurgeauthors to produce new editions because it helps with the promotion of the title.
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While it urged the maximization of palm oil exports, the colonial government gave little encouragement to the production of by-products of palm oil for export.
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In this respect, civic patriotism takes the existing imbrication of politics and culture seriously and urges a considerable 'thinning out' of national cultures.
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Iurgethe reader to read carefully the pages just referred to see if this isn't so.
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In the 20th century, curiosity and the outwardurgetook astrobiology and popular culture to infinity, and beyond.
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It can forge connections between things hitherto seen as separate orurgenew categorizations of familiar material.
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Human effort reflects thisurgetoward perfection, the striving for immortality.
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In the narrower discipline of the history of science and technology, too, there was a strongurgefor serious but not exactly clearly defined changes.
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She urges a unified approach to studying cross-linguistic variability in sign languages, within a generative grammar framework.
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It was not so much, as he ceaselessly urged, that some people were living longer lives as that most people were living normal lives.
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Iurgeall those who teach in these areas to ensure that their reading lists give the book prominence.
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While he did not propose the elimination of local police, he urged that they be restricted to traffic, patrol, and property protection.
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She urged people to resist falling into dichotomous thinking about the nature of independence.
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While rural-urban comparisons will be important in future research, caution is urged in generalising from the findings summarised here.
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