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propel v.推进；驱使 (1) 他用船桨将船推进。(2) 适当运用想象力可以将思想往你所希望的方向推进。 When you hear the verb propel, imagine the propeller on an airplane — that spinning thing on the front that pulls the plane forward. Or maybe think of the old proverb that goes, “Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost.”

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英 [prə'pel] 美 [prə'pel] (1) He used a paddle to propel the boat.(2) The proper use of imagination can then propel ideas in the directions you desire. To propel is to push or drive forward, like a sheep dog nipping at the heels of his flock to keep them moving. 1[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2[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。

英语单词	propel
英美音标	英 [prə'pel] 美 [prə'pel]
中文释义	v.推进；驱使
英语例句	(1) He used a paddle to propel the boat. (2) The proper use of imagination can then propel ideas in the directions you desire.
中文例句	(1) 他用船桨将船推进。 (2) 适当运用想象力可以将思想往你所希望的方向推进。
vocabulary简明	To propel is to push or drive forward, like a sheep dog nipping at the heels of his flock to keep them moving.
vocabulary扩展	When you hear the verb propel, imagine the propeller on an airplane — that spinning thing on the front that pulls the plane forward. Or maybe think of the old proverb that goes, “Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost.”
柯林斯解释	1 [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 2 [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。

Propel Led Winds Pilot Move Verb 动词 [V