英语单词 | compel |
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英美音标 | 英 [kəm'pel] 美 [kəm'pel] |
中文释义 | v.强迫;迫使;使不得已 |
英语例句 | (1) Nothing can compel me to do such a thing. (2) I was compelled to do so by absolute necessity. (3) The heavy rain compelled us to stay indoors. (4) Duty compelled the soldiers to volunteer for the mission. (5) Her intelligence and skill compel our admiration. |
中文例句 | (1) 没有什么可以强迫我做这件事。 (2) 我因绝对的需要,被迫这样做的。 (3) 大雨迫使我们呆在户内。 (4) 责任驱使军人必须志愿加入此任务 (5) 她的聪明和技巧使我们非常佩服。 |
vocabulary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. |
vocabulary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." |
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]
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]
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