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compel vt.强迫,迫使 You don't want to be compelled to go to a classical music concert if you'd rather listen to rap. School officials might be upset if a winter storm compels them to cancel classes, but you'd be okay with that. A compelling mystery forces you to pay attention because you want to find out "whodunit." ★★☆☆☆ 2010.3

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[kəm'pel] Compel means to force or drive someone to do something. Even if you don't like toast, when you visit the toast-eating natives of Shrintakook Island, you'll be compelled to eat it, or they will not trust you. The idea is intuitively compelling, but it doesn't explain how ideas actually spread. 1[VERB 动词]强迫；逼迫 If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.   [V n to-inf]  [Also V n]...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。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。2[PHRASE 短语]觉得必须(做…) If you feel compelled to do something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.   [V inflects]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。I felt morally compelled to help.我觉得从道义上我必须帮忙。

英语单词	compel
英美音标	[kəm'pel]
中文释义	vt.强迫,迫使
vocab简明	Compel means to force or drive someone to do something. Even if you don't like toast, when you visit the toast-eating natives of Shrintakook Island, you'll be compelled to eat it, or they will not trust you.
vocab扩展	You don't want to be compelled to go to a classical music concert if you'd rather listen to rap. School officials might be upset if a winter storm compels them to cancel classes, but you'd be okay with that. A compelling mystery forces you to pay attention because you want to find out "whodunit."
真题原句	The idea is intuitively compelling, but it doesn't explain how ideas actually spread.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]强迫；逼迫 If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it. [V n to-inf] [Also V n] ...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 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。 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。 2 [PHRASE 短语]觉得必须(做…) If you feel compelled to do something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do. [V inflects] 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。 I felt morally compelled to help. 我觉得从道义上我必须帮忙。
来源	2010.3

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