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Compel Compelled Led I Force   [V Housing Feel

英语单词 compel
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]
  • ...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。

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