首页英语词典impulsiveimpulsive英英释意

impulsive

英[ɪm'pʌlsɪv] 美[ɪm'pʌlsɪv]
  • adj. 冲动的;受感情驱使的;任性的

英英释意


1. proceeding from natural feeling or impulse without external stimulus;
"an impulsive gesture of affection"
2. without forethought;
"letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted"
3. having the power of driving or impelling;
"a driving personal ambition"
"the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"
"an impulsive force"
4. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason;
"a capricious refusal"
"authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"
"the victim of whimsical persecutions"
5. characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation;
"a hotheaded decision"
"liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"
"an impetuous display of spending and gambling"
"madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)