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

• 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。
• You may have been saving up for something you really wanted, Libra, when an unexpected expense compels you to spend some of your savings.
  天秤座，你或许已经为了买你想要的东西而存了好长一段时间的钱，但是一项出其不意的开支迫使你花费你部分的积蓄。
• The power of ohrist compels you!
  耶酥的力量制服你！
• 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。
• His courage compels universal admiration.
  他的勇气不禁令人肃然起敬。
• Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.& Plato
  天文学迫使灵魂朝上看，并且引导我们从这个世界进入另一世界。&柏拉图
• My interest leads me to widen my knowledge of people, and this in turn compels me to believe in the common goodness of mankind.
  这一兴趣使我不停地了解更多的人，而对人的深入了解则促使我相信人之初，性本善。
• 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。
• The law compels local police during a lawful stop, detention or arrest to check the immigration status of people they reasonably suspect are illegal immigrants.
  该法律迫使当地警方有权合法地制止，拘留和逮捕他们合理地怀疑为非法移民的人，检查他们的移民身份。