单词 | irresistible impulse |
释义 | irresistible impulse (once / 12709 pages) n WORD FAMILY irresistible impulse: irresistible impulses USAGE EXAMPLESMoved by an irresistible impulse, Gatsby turned to Tom who had accepted the introduction as a stranger. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby(1925) A new study shows how the irresistible impulse to yawn can spread between humans and their dogs. BBC(Aug 08, 2013) For him human behavior isn’t the predictable result of pat psychologies but a continuous flow of irresistible impulses. New York Times(Jun 10, 2012) n an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid Syn|Hyper compulsion irrational impulse a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation |
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