Propel Propelled Prəˈpel Move Led Direction Verb Propelling
Propel means to cause something or someone to move forward or in a particular direction. This can be through physical force, like a rocket moving a spacecraft, or through motivation, like guilt or a desire for revenge driving a person. The word can also be used to form adjectives related to how something is moved, such as "rocket-propelled."
Propel means to cause something or someone to move forward or in a particular direction. This can be through physical force, like a rocket moving a spacecraft, or through motivation, like guilt or a desire for revenge driving a person. The word can also be used to form adjectives related to how something is moved, such as "rocket-propelled."
[VERB 动词]推进;推 To propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction.
[V n prep]
The tiny rocket is attached to the spacecraft and is designed to propel it toward Mars.
小火箭捆绑在宇宙飞船上,用于推动飞船飞向火星。
-propelled combines with nouns to form adjectives which indicate how something, especially a weapon, is propelled.(与名词连用构成形容词)表示“…驱动的”,“由…推动的”
...rocket-propelled grenades.
火箭推动的榴弹
...the first jet-propelled aeroplane.
首架喷气式飞机
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[VERB 动词]推动;激励;驱策 If something propels you into a particular activity, it causes you to do it.
[V n prep]
[be V-ed]
It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place...
最初是一颗流星促使我从事天文学。
He is propelled by both guilt and the need to avenge his father.
他受到内疚感和为父报仇之心的双重驱使。
Oxford
pro·pel/prəˈpel; NAmEprəˈpel/verb(-ll-)[often passive ]1propelsth (+ adv./prep.) to move, drive or push sth forward or in a particular direction 推动;驱动;推进◆mechanically propelled vehicles机动车辆◆He succeeded in propelling the ball across the line.他成功地把球带过线。2propelsb + adv./prep. to force sb to move in a particular direction or to get into a particular situation 驱使;迫使;推搡◆He was grabbed from behind and propelled through the door.有人从后面抓住他,把他推过门去。◆Fury propelled her into action.怒火驱使她行动起来。☞see also
propelpro‧pel /prəˈpel/ verb (past tense and past participle propelled, present participle propelling) [transitive]
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1to move, drive, or push something forward → propulsion: a boat propelled by a small motor One of our students was unable to propel her wheelchair up the ramp.propel yourself along/through etc She used the sticks to propel herself along.2written to make someone move in a particular direction, especially by pushing them: He took her arm and propelled her towards the door.3to move someone into a new situation or make them do somethingpropel somebody to/into something The film propelled her to stardom. Company directors were propelled into action.
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propel
[prəˈpel]propelled, propelling, propels
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propelled[442]
推进(83%),驱使(17%)
vt.推进;驱使;激励;驱策
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