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Impetuousness is the noun: the quality of doing things too quickly, without careful thought, or a stretch of behaviour that shows that quality. You can speak of someone's impetuousness as a habit of character, not only of one moment. It is a rather word; in ordinary talk people more often say impulsiveness, or just “he rushes into things.” Though actually, writers still like it when they want a slightly older, slightly heavier feel — youth's impetuousness, the impetuousness of first love. Like the adjective, it is not always blame. It can name a kind of heat that also makes people brave. What it does not name is simple speed, or a plan that happens to be fast.
衝動;魯莽(指這種個性或作風)
組成impetuous + -ness. The -ness turns the adjective into a noun: the quality of being that way.
同家族的字
- impetuousthe adjective this noun is built from
- impetuouslythe adverb from the same adjective
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
impetuousnessnoun
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The state or quality of being impetuous; making arbitrary decisions.
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The result of being impetuous; arbitrary decisions.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。