1 VERB 敦促；力劝 If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it. 敦促；力劝
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They urged parliament to approve plans for their reform programme. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
他们敦促议会批准他们的改革方案。
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He urged employers and trade unions to adapt their pay settlements to the economic circumstances. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
他敦促雇主和工会根据经济条件调整工资方案。
SYN beg, appeal to, exhort [formal] , press
2 VERB 推；拉；催促 If you urge someone somewhere, you make them go there by touching them or talking to them. 推；拉；催促
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He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他揽住她的腰，拉着她离开了窗边。
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'Come on, Grace,' he was urging her, 'don't wait, hurry up.' [VERB noun]
“快点啦，格雷丝，”他催促道，“别等了。快点。”
3 VERB 竭力主张；强烈要求 If you urge a course of action, you strongly advise that it should be taken. 竭力主张；强烈要求
SYN advocate, suggest, recommend, advise
4 N-COUNT [oft NOUN to-infinitive] 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. 强烈的欲望；冲动；迫切的要求
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He had an urge to open a shop of his own.
他很想自己开一家店。
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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。
SYN impulse, longing, wish, desire
| Word Partnership | Use urge with: |
| N. | urge people, urge voters 1 leaders/officials urge 1 3 urge action, urge caution, urge restraint, urge support 3 |
| ADV. | strongly urge 1 3 |
| VERB. | feel an urge, fight an urge, get an urge, resist an urge 4 |
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