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's impetuous& that's his trouble.
  他的毛病是性急。
• The headstrong impetuous man rushed into things without forethought.
  这个顽固的莽汉，不预先考虑，仓促行事。
• The dam break and an impetuous torrent of water sweep away the town.
  堤坝崩塌了，奔腾的急流冲垮了镇子。
• It would be foolish and impetuous to resign over such a small matter.
  为这样的小事辞职未免愚蠢而轻率了。
• The second list is what can improve, which could include impetuous or often fails to anticipate.
  第二列是可以改进的，其中可能包括冲动或经常预料不到（事情的进展）等。
• Sometimes, in certain spheres, we were a bit too impetuous in our work.
  从工作来看，有时候在有的问题上是急了一些。
• Impetuous as written can only be superficial.
  那样的浮躁写出来的只能是肤浅。
• He is an impetuous young man.
  他是个易冲动的年轻人。
• Impetuous, hot-headed murderers, yet without marked psychopathic features.
  暴躁、冲动的杀人犯，但不具备明显的心理病态特征。
• 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。