[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人信服的;有说服力的 A compelling argument or reason is one that convinces you that something is true or that something should be done.
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Factual and forensic evidence makes a suicide verdict the most compelling answer to the mystery of his death...
事实证据和法庭证据使得自杀成为解开他死因之谜的最令人信服的答案。
My second and more compelling reason for going to Dearborn was to see the Henry Ford Museum.
我去迪尔伯恩的第二个原因,也是更令人信服的原因,是为了参观亨利·福特博物馆。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]非常有趣的;很有吸引力的 If you describe something such as a film or book, or someone's appearance, as compelling, you mean you want to keep looking at it or reading it because you find it so interesting.
...a frighteningly violent yet compelling film...
有可怕的暴力镜头但却引人入胜的电影
Her eyes were her best feature, wide-set and compelling.
她的眼睛是她五官中长得最好的,大而迷人。
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She wrote compellingly, with great zest.
她满怀热情,饶有兴致地写着。
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com·pel·ling/kəmˈpelɪŋ; NAmEkəmˈpelɪŋ/adjective1that makes you pay attention to it because it is so interesting and exciting 引人入胜的;扣人心弦的◆Her latest book makes compelling reading.她新出的书读起来扣人心弦。☞synonyms at
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2so strong that you must do sth about it 非常强烈的;不可抗拒的◆a compelling need/desire非常强烈的需要╱欲望3that makes you think it is true 令人信服的◆There is no compelling reason to believe him.没有令人信服的理由让人相信他。◆compelling evidence有说服力的证据▶com·pel·ling·ly/kəmˈpelɪŋli; NAmEkəmˈpelɪŋli/adverb◆compellingly attractive具有无法抗拒的魅力com·pel·ling/kəmˈpelɪŋ; NAmEkəmˈpelɪŋ/com·pel·ling·ly/kəmˈpelɪŋli; NAmEkəmˈpelɪŋli/
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compellingcom‧pel‧ling /kəmˈpelɪŋ/ ●○○ adjective
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1compelling reason/argument/case etc an argument etc that makes you feel certain that something is true or that you must do something about it: Lucy had no compelling reason to go into town. The court was presented with compelling evidence that she’d murdered her husband.2very interesting or exciting, so that you have to pay attention: His life makes a compelling story.► see thesaurus at
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3compelling need/desire/urge (to do something) a strong need, desire etc to do something, making you feel that you must do it: He felt a compelling need to tell someone about his idea.—compellingly adverb
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