impetuous

英 [ɪmˈpetʃuəs]

美 [ɪmˈpetʃuəs]

adj.  鲁莽的; 冲动的; 轻率的

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BNC.21687 / COCA.23230

牛津词典

adj.

• 鲁莽的；冲动的；轻率的
  acting or done quickly and without thinking carefully about the results
  1. an impetuous young woman
     莽撞的年轻女子
  2. an impetuous decision
     草率的决定

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 急躁的;冲动的
  If you describe someone asimpetuous, you mean that they are likely to act quickly and suddenly without thinking or being careful.
  1. He was young and impetuous...
     他年轻,易于冲动。
  2. He tended to react in a heated and impetuous way.
     他往往反应过火,急躁冲动。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation
  1. a hotheaded decision
  2. liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers
  3. an impetuous display of spending and gambling
  4. madcap escapades
  Synonym:hotheadedimpulsivemadcaptearaway(a)brainish
• marked by violent force
  1. impetuous heaving waves

双语例句

• He was young and impetuous
  他年轻，易于冲动。
• He was no longer the artless pen of old days, so brave, so artless, so impetuous, and tender.
  他不再是过去那个天真纯朴的潘，那么勇敢、那么坦率、那么鲁莽、又那么温柔的潘。
• Don't be so impetuous!
  别头脑发热！
• Are you studying or working? It was impetuous of her to do that.
  你在求学还是在做事呢？她竟做那种事，真是鲁莽。
• This is an impetuous era, is a lost era.
  这是一个浮躁的时代，又是一个迷失的时代。
• Mr Smith has to justify a "waiting game" to his more impetuous followers.
  史密斯先生不得不向其较为冲动的追随者证明观望政策是正确的。
• These stubborn and skilful rear guard actions checked the impetuous German advance at all points, inflicting severe losses.
  这几场打得顽强而巧妙的后卫战，在各个方面都阻止了猛扑过来的德军，使他们遭受严重的损失。
• Just feel the moment there are some erratic impetuous.
  只是时刻的感觉自己有一些飘忽不定的浮躁。
• Facing her works, you will feel not the least impetuous and vulgar, letting you in somewhere unknown but not feeling unfamiliar, letting you appreciate the art and seriously think.
  面对她的作品，你感受不到丝毫铜臭的浮躁和媚俗，它让你如置身异境但却并不陌生，他让你认真欣赏艺术、严肃地思考问题。
• He tended to react in a heated and impetuous way.
  他往往反应过火，急躁冲动。