im·pul·sive
adjective/ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/
/ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/
- (of people or their behaviour) acting suddenly without thinking carefully about what might happen because of what you are doing
synonym impetuous, rash凭冲动行事的;易冲动的 - an impulsive decision/gesture
冲动的决定/姿态 - You're so impulsive!
你太冲动了! - He has an impulsive nature.
他生性冲动。 - He told me not to be impulsive but to think it over.
他告诉我不要凭冲动行事,而是要仔细考虑一下。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryImpulsive is used with these nouns:- act
- behaviour
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘tending to impel’): from French impulsif, -ive or late Latin impulsivus, from Latin impuls- ‘driven onwards’, from impellere, from in- ‘towards’ + pellere ‘to drive’. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent. - an impulsive decision/gesture