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

• 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。
• Impetuous as written can only be superficial.
  那样的浮躁写出来的只能是肤浅。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was young and impetuous
  他年轻，易于冲动。
• "How can he?" the impetuous young warrior demanded.
  他办得到吗？烈性子的年轻武士说。
• Nope love is not eternal, but impetuous and fickle heart and love again and again missed.
  不是爱情不再永恒，而是浮躁和易变的心灵一次次与真爱失之交臂。
• My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one!
  精灵！你是我鲁莽的使者！
• The prime minister may now be regretting her impetuous promise to reduce unemployment by half.
  首相现在可能后悔她冲动地许诺了要将失业人数减少一半。
• He's so impetuous& why can't he think things over before he rushes into them?
  他太冲动了&为什么他急着做事前不能仔细考虑一下？