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

• 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。
• 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。
• Nature compels us all to move through life.
  自然迫使我们在生活中前进。
• Reasonable doubt compels you to find him not guilty.
  这些合理的怀疑将不得不认定他无罪。
• The power of Christ compels you!
  让耶稣基督的力量来驱赶你！
• His social obligation compels him to make a round of visits.
  他的社会职责使得他不得不进行一系列访问。
• 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。
• Really it only proves that the present system compels selfishness.
  这实际正足以证明自私是现行制度逼出来的。
• My health compels me to knock off work.
  我的健康情况迫使我停止工作。
• 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。