urge: [16] Urge was borrowed from Latin urgēre ‘push, press, compel’. Its present participle gave English urgent [15], which thus means etymologically ‘pressing’. => urgent
urge (v.)
1550s, from Latin urgere "to press hard, push forward, force, drive, compel, stimulate," from PIE root *wreg- "to push, shove, drive" (cognates: Lithuanian verziu "tie, fasten, squeeze," vargas "need, distress," vergas "slave;" Old Church Slavonic vragu "enemy;" Gothic wrikan "persecute," Old English wrecan "drive, hunt, pursue"). Related: Urged; urging.
urge (n.)
1610s, "act of urging," from urge (v.). Marked as "rare" in Century Dictionary (1902); "in frequent use from c. 1910" [OED].
实用例句
1. He had an urge to open a shop of his own.
他很想自己开一家店。
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2. He denounces people who urge him to alter his ways.
他指责那些督促他改变习惯的人。
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3. Once inside her apartment she felt an urge to brush her teeth.
一回到自己的公寓，她就有一种想要刷牙的冲动。
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4. Tsvetayeva was possessed by a frenzied urge to get out of Moscow.
茨维塔耶娃内心有一种想要离开莫斯科的狂热冲动。
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5. We urge colleges and universities to demystify the selection process.
