• adj. 沖動的；魯莽的；猛烈的

來自impetus,推動，刺激。

impetuous

impetuous: [14] Etymologically, impetuous means ‘having impetus’. It comes from Latin impetuōsus, a derivative of the noun impetus ‘attack’ (source of English impetus [17]), which in turn was based on impetere ‘attack’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix in- ‘against’ and petere ‘go towards, seek, attack’ (source of English appetite, compete, perpetuate, petition, petulant, and repeat).

The etymological idea underlying both words is thus of ‘rushing towards something with great violence or aggression’. Another member of the same family is impetigo [16], the name of a sort of skin disease. This was borrowed from Latin impetīgō, whose medical meaning was a specialization of an earlier and much more general ‘attack’ (as in ‘an attack of eczema’).
=> appetite, compete, impetus, perpetuate, petulant, repeat

impetuous (adj.)

late 14c., "hot-tempered, fierce," from Old French impetuos (13c.) and directly from Late Latin impetuosus "impetuous, violent," from Latin impetus "attack" (see impetus). Related: Impetuously; impetuousness.

1. He was young and impetuous.

他年輕，易于沖動。

來自柯林斯例句

2. an impetuous young woman

莽撞的年輕女子

來自《權威詞典》

3. She revealed her feelings in impetuous displays of spending.

她沖動地任意揮霍顯露了她的感情.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The headstrong impetuous man rushed into things without forethought.

這個頑固的莽漢,不預先考慮,倉促行事.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. He is an impetuous fellow.

他是個急性子.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》