Tra từ urge - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

urge [urge urges urged urging] verb, noun BrE [ɜːdʒ] NAmE [ɜːrdʒ]
verb
1. to advise or try hard to persuade sb to do sth
•~ sb to do sth She urged him to stay.
• Police are urging anyone who saw the accident to contact them immediately.
•~ that… The report urged that all children be taught to swim.
•~ (sb) + speech ‘Why not give it a try?’ she urged (him).
2. ~ sth (on/upon sb) to recommend sth strongly
• The situation is dangerous and the UN is urging caution.
3. ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. (formal)to make a person or an animal move more quickly and/or in a particular direction, especially by pushing or forcing them
• He urged his horse forward.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Latin urgere ‘press, drive’.

Synonyms:
recommend
advise • advocate • urge
These words all mean to tell sb what you think they should do in a particular situation.
recommend • to tell sb what you think they should do in a particular situation; to say what you think the price or level of sth should be: ▪ We'd recommend you to book your flight early. ◇ ▪ a recommended price of $50
advise • to tell sb what you think they should do in a particular situation: ▪ I'd advise you not to tell him.
recommend or advise?
Advise is a stronger word than recommend and is often used when the person giving the advice is in a position of authority: ▪ Police are advising fans without tickets to stay away. ◇ Police are recommending fans without tickets to stay away. I advise you… can suggest that you know better than the person you are advising: this may cause offence if they are your equal or senior to you.I recommend… mainly suggests that you are trying to be helpful and is less likely to cause offence. Recommend is often used with more positive advice to tell sb about possible benefits and advise with more negative advice to warn sb about possible dangers: He advised reading the book before seeing the movie. ◇ I would recommend against going out on your own.
advocate • (formal) to support or recommend sth publicly: ▪ The group does not advocate the use of violence.
urge • (formal) to recommend sth strongly: ▪ The situation is dangerous and the UN is urging caution.
to recommend/advise/advocate/urge that…
It is recommended/advised/advocated/urged that…
to recommend/advise/urge sb to do sth
to recommend/advise/advocate doing sth
to strongly recommend/advise/advocate sb/sth

Example Bank:
•He has repeatedly urged the government to do something about this.
•‘Get on with it!’ he urged her impatiently.
•‘Please come!’ he urged.
•He urged a tax increase upon congress as a way of damping down consumer spending.
•The situation is dangerous, but the UN is urging caution.
Derived: ↑urge somebody on

noun
a strong desire to do sth
•sexual urges
•~ to do sth I had a sudden urge to hit him.

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from Latin urgere ‘press, drive’.

Example Bank:
•I felt a sudden urge to smash the teapot against the wall.
•I suppressed a strong urge to yawn.
•Leaving him off the guest list satisfied her urge for revenge.
•She resisted the urge to kiss him.
•an instinctive urge to tap your feet to the beat of the music
•the human urge to control the environment
•the primal urge to reproduce
•Freud claimed that this behaviour was caused by the repression of sexual urges.
•She felt a violent urge to laugh, but suppressed it, with difficulty.
•a/an biological/instinctive/primitive need/urge
•sexual needs/urges