impelled

英 [ɪmˈpeld]

美 [ɪmˈpeld]

v.  促使; 驱策; 迫使
impel的过去分词和过去式

过去式：impelled　过去分词：impelled　

BNC.41584 / COCA.41513

柯林斯词典

• VERB 激励;驱策;迫使
  When something such as an emotionimpelsyoutodo something, it affects you so strongly that you feel forced to do it.
  1. ...the courage and competitiveness which impels him to take risks...
     促使他冒险的勇气和竞争精神
  2. I felt impelled to go on speaking.
     我感到不得不继续说下去。

英英释义

adj

• urged or forced to action through moral pressure
  1. felt impelled to take a stand against the issue
  Synonym:driven

双语例句

• What motives impelled him to do so?
  是什麽动机迫使他这麽做？
• The awareness of the fact that the child was in danger impelled the police to take action.
  警察意识到小孩正处于危险中，这迫使他采取行动。
• Felt impelled to take a stand against the issue.
  感到被形势所迫而对这个问题采取反对立场。
• The grain seemed impelled with a force of its own, a resistless, huge force.
  这些粮食好象是给自己的力量，给一股势不可当，巨大无比的力量驱使着。
• Militarily, the constant fight impelled the transition from feudal knight's system of military service to the agreement, the cavalryman to the infantry.
  军事上，不断的征战促使封建骑士兵役制向契约制，骑兵制向步兵制的转变；
• Since God created the world and brought the naissance of natural beauty, human impelled by beauty have carried a series of activities through, and therewithal have brought art.
  从上帝创世纪诞生了自然之美，人类受美的感召进行了一系列的活动，于是有了艺术。
• You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne.
  你们都知道促使我放弃王位的理由。
• Regardless of their starting point, or the practical action, all impelled the social development.
  无论出发点，还是实际行动都推动了社会发展。
• It is alive, and is always impelled toward more life.
  繁衍是生物本能和潜动力。
• But I still feel impelled to take my own life and end it all.
  但我仍然感到要自杀来结束这一切。