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

• Nature compels us all to move through life.
  自然迫使我们在生活中前进。
• The power of ohrist compels you!
  耶酥的力量制服你！
• The artist calls it'compulsive hoarding ', a personality disorder that compels the amassing of one's belongings.
  这位艺术家说，这是“强迫性囤积”，一个人格障碍，迫使人去积聚。
• His courage compels universal admiration.
  他的勇气不禁令人肃然起敬。
• 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。
• Desert law compels me to speak truthfully.
  沙漠律法强迫我要讲真话。
• My health compels me to knock off work.
  我的健康情况迫使我停止工作。
• The power of Christ compels you!
  让耶稣基督的力量来驱赶你！
• Reasonable doubt compels you to find him not guilty.
  这些合理的怀疑将不得不认定他无罪。
• It is this fundamental truth that compels us to cooperate.
  正是这一基本事实促使我们展开合作。