| 单词 | urge |
| 释义 | urge (once / 70 pages) vn If you have an urge to eat candy, you really want to eat those sweets. Your mother might urge you to wait until after dinner. As a noun, urge means a desire. As a verb, it means to strongly encourage. Urge is related to the word, urgent, or 'pressing.' An urge is a pressing want, one that is almost a compulsion, like when you're so frustrated, you have the urge to scream. If you urge someone to do something, you feel strongly about it. You might urge a friend to wear an orange shirt not because you happen to like orange, but because they're walking in the woods during hunting season. WORD FAMILYurge: urged, urgent, urges, urging+/urgency: urgencies/urgent: urgency, urgentest, urgently/urging: urgings USAGE EXAMPLESAndre is indignant about the way he is treated, but urges his angry family to let him seek justice through the court. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) More than 170 House Republicans signed a recent letter of which Mr. Price was an author, urging the administration to “stop experimenting with Americans’ health.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “We urge you to preserve this critical U.S. strategic asset,” the letter read. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v force or impel in an indicated direction I urged him to finish his studies Syn|Hypo|Hyper exhort, press, urge on hurry, rush urge to an unnatural speed bear on, pushpress, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action advocate, preachspeak, plead, or argue in favor of nudgepush into action by pestering or annoying gently moralise, moralize, preachify, sermonise, sermonizespeak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements bull, bull throughpush or force advise, counsel, rede give advice to 2v push for something Syn|Hyper advocate, recommend advise, propose, suggest make a proposal, declare a plan for something 3v spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts Syn|Hypo|Hyper barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge on cheerlead act as a cheerleader in a sports event encourage inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to 4n an instinctive motive Syn|Hypo|Hyper impulse abience (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object adience(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object Thanatos, death instinct, death wish(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die itchy feet, wanderlustvery strong or irresistible impulse to travel motivation, motive, need the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior 5n a strong, restless desire why this urge to travel? Syn|Hyper itch desire the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state |
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