compels

英 [kəmˈpelz]

美 [kəmˈpelz]

v.  强迫; 迫使; 使必须; 引起(反应)
compel的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 强迫;逼迫
  If a situation, a rule, or a personcompelsyoutodo something, they force you to do it.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• PHRASE 觉得必须(做…)
  If youfeel compelled todo something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.
  1. 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。
  2. I felt morally compelled to help.
     我觉得从道义上我必须帮忙。

双语例句

• The power of Christ compels you!
  让耶稣基督的力量来驱赶你！
• In the more and more materialize space, compels the narrow person is the human exhausted and the bleak mind.
  在越来越物质化的空间里，逼仄人的是人疲惫而荒凉的心灵。
• His playing compels respect, if not enthusiasm.
  如果不是狂热的话，他的表演就是强迫他人予以敬重。
• In order to make the matter clear, I must set forth the facts connected with this episode, which justice to my teacher and to myself compels me to relate.
  为了把事实交代清楚，我必须先从相关的线索讲起，我想，这对于我的老师和我要陈述的事件也是公平合理的。
• But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him.
  因此，我要伸手，用我在埃及快要施行的一切异能，攻击埃及；然后他才会让你们离去。
• My health compels me to knock off work.
  我的健康情况迫使我停止工作。
• What it is about that place that compels you to take your clothes off?
  是什么原因促使你们把自己的衣服都脱掉呢？
• Desert law compels me to speak truthfully.
  沙漠律法强迫我要讲真话。
• The artist calls it'compulsive hoarding ', a personality disorder that compels the amassing of one's belongings.
  这位艺术家说，这是“强迫性囤积”，一个人格障碍，迫使人去积聚。
• That compels many company founders to rely on funds raised from relatives.
  这迫使许多公司创建者依靠从亲戚那里筹措的资金。