compels

英 [kəmˈpelz]

美 [kəmˈpelz]

v.  强迫; 迫使; 使必须; 引起(反应)
compel的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 强迫;逼迫
  If a situation, a rule, or a personcompelsyoutodo something, they force you to do it.
  1. ...the introduction of legislation to compel cyclists to wear a helmet...
     强制骑自行车者戴头盔的法律的出台
  2. Leonie's mother was compelled to take in washing to help support her family...
     利奥妮的妈妈被迫在家替人洗衣服，以贴补家用。
  3. Local housing authorities have been compelled by the housing crisis to make offers of sub-standard accommodation.
     住房危机迫使当地的几个房管部门提供不够标准的住房。
• PHRASE 觉得必须(做…)
  If youfeel compelled todo something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.
  1. Dickens felt compelled to return to the stage for a final good-bye...
     迪肯斯觉得必须返回舞台作最后的道别。
  2. I felt morally compelled to help.
     我觉得从道义上我必须帮忙。

双语例句

• His social obligation compels him to make a round of visits.
  他的社会职责使得他不得不进行一系列访问。
• Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.& Plato
  天文学迫使灵魂朝上看，并且引导我们从这个世界进入另一世界。&柏拉图
• Gravitation compels dispersed matter to coalesce, thus it accounts for the very existence of the Earth, the Sun, and most of the macroscopic objects in the universe.
  引力迫使分散事项凝聚，因此，它占的生存地球，太阳，和大多数的宏观物体在宇宙中。
• What it is about that place that compels you to take your clothes off?
  是什么原因促使你们把自己的衣服都脱掉呢？
• The power of ohrist compels you!
  耶酥的力量制服你！
• You may have been saving up for something you really wanted, Libra, when an unexpected expense compels you to spend some of your savings.
  天秤座，你或许已经为了买你想要的东西而存了好长一段时间的钱，但是一项出其不意的开支迫使你花费你部分的积蓄。
• Really it only proves that the present system compels selfishness.
  这实际正足以证明自私是现行制度逼出来的。
• First, and deceptively simply, it compels everyone to act transparently.
  首先，该守则要求每个人的行动都应透明公开。这看上去很简单。
• So, a government or a society that compels, shapes, forces the individual from the outside, will eventually create disorder, chaos and violence.
  因此，使用权力强制、塑造、迫使个人的政府或社会最终导致混乱和暴力。
• Nature compels us all to move through life.
  自然迫使我们在生活中前进。