剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - urge collapse

urge
[UK]/ɜ:dʒ/ [US]/ɝ:dʒ/
noun [C]
A
* a strong wish, especially one which is difficult or impossible to control
（尤指难以或无法控制的）欲望，冲动

1. The two of them seem unable to control their sexual urges.
他们两个似乎欲火焚身。

2. [+ to infinitive] The urge to steal is very strong in many of the young men we look after here.
我们这儿看管的年轻人中有很多人都有很强的偷窃欲望。

[UK]/ɜ:dʒ/ [US]/ɝ:dʒ/
verb [I or T]
A
* to strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing
敦促；驱策；力劝

1. [+ to infinitive] Lawyers will urge the parents to take further legal action.
律师们会力劝家长们采取进一步的法律行动。

2. [+ that] Investigators urged that safety procedures at the site should be improved.
调查人员敦促该工地改进安全规程。

3. Police urged continued vigilance in the fight against crime.
警方呼吁继续保持警惕打击犯罪。

4. The dogs are urged into fighting more fiercely by loud shouts from the crowd.
人群里发出的高声叫喊使这些狗咬斗得更凶了。

5. We shall continue to urge for leniency to be shown to these prisoners.
我们将继续呼吁对这些犯人给予宽宥。

[UK]/ɜ:dʒ/ [US]/ɝ:dʒ/
verb [I or T]
phrasal verb [M] urge sb on
* to encourage someone to do or achieve something
鼓励，激励；为（某人）加油

1. The crowd was cheering and urging her on all through the race.
在整个比赛中，人们一直在为她加油，激励她鼓起劲儿。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - urge collapse

urge ★★★★☆
1.VERB 动词敦促；力劝 If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it.

【语法信息】：V n to-inf

  • They urged parliament to approve plans for their reform programme...

    他们敦促议会批准他们的改革方案。

  • He urged employers and trade unions to adapt their pay settlements to the economic circumstances.

    他敦促雇主和工会根据经济条件调整工资方案。

2.VERB 动词推；拉；催促 If you urge someone somewhere, you make them go there by touching them or talking to them.

【语法信息】：V n prep/adv

【语法信息】：V n

  • He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window...

    他揽住她的腰，拉着她离开了窗边。

  • 'Come on, Grace,' he was urging her, 'don't wait, hurry up.'

    “快点啦，格雷丝，”他催促道，“别等了。快点。”

3.VERB 动词竭力主张；强烈要求 If you urge a course of action, you strongly advise that it should be taken.

【语法信息】：V n on n

【语法信息】：V n

  • He urged restraint on the security forces...

    他力主对安全部队设限。

  • We urge vigorous action to be taken immediately.

    我们强烈要求立即采取有力措施。

4.N-COUNT 可数名词强烈的欲望；冲动；迫切的要求 If you have an urge to do or have something, you have a strong wish to do or have it.

【搭配模式】：oft N to-inf

  • He had an urge to open a shop of his own...

    他很想自己开一家店。

  • I have often talked about why we want to be mothers, but none of us can describe the urge exactly.

    我经常谈到我们为什么想做母亲，但没有一个人能准确地描述这种冲动。

相关词组：
urge on

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - urge collapse

☞ urge
urge / E:dV; NAmE E:rdV / verb1. to advise or try hard to persuade sb to do sth
   敦促；催促；力劝:
  ▪ [VN to inf]
   She urged him to stay.
   她力劝他留下。
  ▪ [V that]
   The report urged that all children be taught to swim.
   这份报告呼吁给所有的儿童教授游泳。
  ▪ [also V speech also VN speech]
⇨ note at recommend
2. [VN] ~ sth (on / upon sb) to recommend sth strongly
   大力推荐；竭力主张:
   The situation is dangerous, and the UN is urging caution.
   局势岌岌可危,联合国力主谨慎行事。
3. [VN +adv. / prep.] (formal) to make a person or an animal move more quickly and / or in a particular direction, especially by pushing or forcing them
   驱赶；鞭策:
   He urged his horse forward.
   他策马前行。
 PHRASAL VERBS 
▪ 7urge sb ↔ 'on
   to encourage sb to do sth or support them so that they do it better
   鼓励；激励；为…加油:
   She could hear him urging her on as she ran past.
   她跑过他面前时,听到他在为她加油。 noun    ~ (to do sth) a strong desire to do sth
   强烈的欲望；冲动:
   sexual urges
   性冲动
   I had a sudden urge to hit him.
   我突然很想揍他一顿。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - urge collapse

urge

I. noun

• ADJECTIVE desperate, great, incredible, intense, irresistible, overpowering, overwhelming, powerful, strong, uncontrollable | strange | violent | sudden I felt a sudden ~ to smash the teapot against the wall. | instinctive, natural an instinctive ~ to tap your feet to the beat of the music | primal, primeval, primitive the primal ~ to reproduce | human the human ~ to control the environment | biological, creative, sexual

• VERB + URGE experience, feel, get, have | avoid, bite back (esp. AmE), control, fight, fight back, hold back, repress, resist, restrain, stifle, suppress She resisted the ~ to kiss him. | I suppressed a strong ~ to yawn. | overcome He overcame his ~ to run from the room. | ignore | satisfy

• PREPOSITION ~ for Leaving him off the guest list satisfied her ~ for revenge.

II. verb

• ADVERB strongly | gently | constantly, repeatedly He has repeatedly ~d the government to do something about this. | publicly | quietly, silently

Urge is used with these nouns as the subject: petition, report, resolution
Urge is used with these nouns as the object: adoption, boycott, cabinet, caution, court, creation, horse, minister, restraint, supporter, voter

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - urge collapse

urge noun
⇨ desireurge verb
⇨ encourage 2 (urge sb to do sth) ⇨ recommend 1 (urge caution)

新牛津英语同义词词典 - urge collapse

urge

verb
1 she urged him to buy a boat
ENCOURAGE , try to persuade, enjoin, adjure, admonish, press, prompt, prod, goad, egg on, spur, push, pressure, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressurize, lean on; dragoon, constrain; entreat, exhort, implore, call on, appeal, beg, beseech, plead, nag; informal psych up, put the heat on, put the screws on, twist someone's arm, railroad into, bulldoze into.
-opposite(s): DISCOURAGE.

2 she urged her horse down the rutted lane
IMPEL , spur (on), force, drive, coerce, goad.

3 I urge caution in interpreting these results
ADVISE , counsel, advocate, recommend, suggest; support, endorse, back, champion.

noun
I also have this urge to travel
DESIRE , wish, need, impulse, compulsion, longing, yearning, hankering, craving, appetite, hunger, thirst, lust, fancy; informal yen, itch.

Collins COBUILD English Usage - urge collapse

urge

If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it.

    I urged him to take a year off to study drawing.

    Father Swiebel urged him to talk.

Note that urge must be followed by an object when you use it with a `to'-infinitive. You say, for example, `He urged them to stay'. You do not say `He urged to stay'.

In writing, you can use a `that'-clause after urge. In the `that'-clause, you use `should' or the base form of a verb.

    The Press Commission urged that the ownership of the press and broadcasting should be kept separate.

    Sir Fred urged that Britain join the European Monetary System.

In writing, urge can also be used with an object referring to a course of action.

    US officials urged restraint.

    The report urged a more positive role for local government.

词源记忆 - urge collapse

urge 催促
来自PIE→*wreg, 推，驱动，词源同wreak, wrack.