compelled

英 [kəmˈpeld]

美 [kəmˈpeld]

v.  强迫; 迫使; 使必须; 引起(反应)
compel的过去分词和过去式

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

• I would not ask if I were not almost compelled by what I can't bear!
  如果不是因为有不能忍受的情况来逼迫我，我不会这样要求你的。
• He was compelled to admit that the call had come for him, but that he had declined it.
  他只好承认给了他通知，却被他拒绝了。
• He had everything under perfect control in commanding millions of troops and compelled the enemy to move according to his will.
  他手握数百万重兵，指挥若定迫使敌人按他的步子走。
• His illness compelled him to give up his studies.
  疾病迫使他放弃了学习。
• The enemy were compelled to lay down their arms.
  敌人被迫放下武器。
• The march of events compelled him to reconsider his decision.
  事态的发展迫使他重新考虑自己的决定。
• My conscience compelled me to confess.
  良心迫使我承认了。
• Most living creatures are capable of adaptation when compelled to do so.
  大多数生物都能在迫于压力的情况下适应新环境。
• Otherwise, they would not feel compelled to make ex gratia payments to customers they have wronged.
  否则，他们不会觉得必须向那些没有受到公平待遇的顾客提供补偿款。
• He is compelled to take a job which is of no interest to himself.
  他被迫接受了一份他自己毫无兴致的工作。