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

• 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。
• His courage compels universal admiration.
  他的勇气不禁令人肃然起敬。
• It is this fundamental truth that compels us to cooperate.
  正是这一基本事实促使我们展开合作。
• But the plight of the world compels his unwilling attention.
  但人世的情况迫使他不自愿地予以注意。
• The program compels Americans to purchase private health insurance, and provides subsidies for those of modest incomes.
  该计划迫使美国人购买私人医疗保险，还会为中等收入人群提供补贴。
• 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。
• Gravitation compels dispersed matter to coalesce, thus it accounts for the very existence of the Earth, the Sun, and most of the macroscopic objects in the universe.
  引力迫使分散事项凝聚，因此，它占的生存地球，太阳，和大多数的宏观物体在宇宙中。
• 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？
• 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。
• First, and deceptively simply, it compels everyone to act transparently.
  首先，该守则要求每个人的行动都应透明公开。这看上去很简单。