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 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。
• 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。
• It includes a case study on British Petroleum's initiatives on climate change and compels students to consider the extent to which companies – within the constraints of a market system – can address the issue.
  该课程包括一个案例研究，内容是关于英国石油公司（BP）应对气候变化的举措，以强迫学生思考企业能够在多大程度上在市场体系允许的范畴内应对环境问题。
• The power of Christ compels you!
  让耶稣基督的力量来驱赶你！
• His courage compels universal admiration.
  他的勇气不禁令人肃然起敬。
• 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。
• 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。
• My health compels me to knock off work.
  我的健康情况迫使我停止工作。
• Desert law compels me to speak truthfully.
  沙漠律法强迫我要讲真话。
• 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。