With syncopation the impulse can come suddenly off the beat, and it gives it a little snap or jazzy aspect to the music.

在切分音里,冲动会突然打乱节拍,让音乐听起来突兀,奔放

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The first impulse to write this novel is described as a throb.

写这本小说的第一冲动就被描绘成悸动。

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That might be a natural impulse and some people have that more than others.

这也许是人类的一种本性,而有些人这种本性比别人更强些

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So what syncopation is is simply the insertion of an impulse, a "Hit" If you will, at a metrical place that we do not expect it to be.

所以切分音就是插入的一个冲动,也可以说是一次"撞击",出现在一个我们意料之外的位置

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He says man is political not because we have some biological impulse or instinct that drives us to participate in politics, but, he says, because we are possessed of the power of speech.

他说人类具有政治性,但不是因为,我们拥有某种生物冲动或本能,驱使我们参与政治，而是因为我们掌握了,辩论的能力。

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It's the most important thing and our conducting pattern always has to have the downbeat of the hand in sync with the strongest impulse in the music , the strong.

这是最为重要的,而我们的指挥手势,总是和着乐曲的强音,做出重拍的动作

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Usually, the metrical impulse is on the beat.

一般来说,韵律的冲动出现在节拍上

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It's probably a good impulse to have if you're going into investment.

如果你要去投资的话,拥有这种本性也许是好的

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Note that he is not saying, although he is sometimes taken to be saying this, that he is not saying biologically implanted desire or impulse that we have or share that leads us to engage in political life.

注意，他并未亲口说，但他有时会被认为说过这话，但他并未说过,生物性根植的欲望或冲动,引导我们,致力于政治生活。

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