urge
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ɜːd͡ʒ/
美 /ɝd͡ʒ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A strong desire to do something.
— After seeing the advert for a soft drink, I had a sudden urge to buy a bottle.
动词 v.
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To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
— Lo hapless Tydeus, whose ill-fated hand / Had slain his brother, leaves his native land, / And seized with horror in the shades of night, / Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight[…]
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To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
— My boss urged me to reconsider my decision to leave the company, even offering a pay rise.
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To provoke; to exasperate.
— Vrge not my fathers anger (Eglamoure) / But thinke vpon my griefe (a Ladies griefe) / And on the iuſtice of my flying hence, / To keepe me from a moſt vnholy match, / Which heauen and fortune ſtill rewards with plagues.
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To press hard upon; to follow closely.
— Man ? and for ever ? wretch ! what wouldst thou have ? / Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.
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To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
— to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case
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To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
— to urge an ore with intense heat
- To press onward or forward.
- To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
词形变化
词源
词源 1
From Latin urgeō (“urge”).
词源 2
From Latin urgeō (“urge”).
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