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

• I felt impelled to go on speaking.
  我感到不得不继续说下去。
• 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。
• How a convulsive snatching at social salvation might have impelled her to answer him she could not say.
  为了从社会上拯救自己就慌慌忙忙地抓住一个机会，在被迫之下她会怎样回答他，她自己也说不清楚。
• He was impelled by strong passion.
  他被强烈情感所驱使。
• It is alive, and is always impelled toward more life.
  繁衍是生物本能和潜动力。
• The Industrial Revolution, Power Revolution, Transmission Revolution and Control Revolution have greatly impelled the technological advances on compacting machinery.
  世界工业革命、动力革命、传动革命及控制革命都大大地推动了压实机械的技术进步。
• 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。
• Even though I was angry, something impelled me to smile.
  尽管我很生气，但某事让我笑了起来。
• 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。
• A sudden impulse impelled me to laugh.
  一股突来的冲动驱使我发笑。