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impel

/im-pel/US // ɪmˈpɛl //UK // (ɪmˈpɛl) //

促使,推动,鞭策,催促

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    im·pelled, im·pel·ling.

    • : to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
    • : to drive or cause to move onward; propel; impart motion to.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbprompt, incite

Examples

  • The move sparked a revolt, impelling tens of millions of users to flee to rivals such as Signal and Telegram.

  • Where the subject of “Dreamtank” seems impelled by larger forces, the clenched-fist figure in “Sentinel” declares his autonomy.

  • Public pressure impelled Match Group’s initiatives, according to Carrie Goldberg, a victims’ rights attorney who represented Garbo founder Kathryn Kosmides in a gender-based violence case that inspired the nonprofit’s creation.

  • What, then, was the truth that the truth serum was seeking to impel?

  • These all-too-possible nightmare scenarios should impel the United States to focus on the current state of Pakistan.

  • He saw enough in her face to impel him to take her hand and hold it while he said his lingering good night.

  • The characters which crowd forth from his brain are sustained and impelled by the same social waves which sustain and impel us.

  • You alone, Madam, had the power to conquer my indolence, and to impel me to change my resolution.

  • Resist that inclination which seems to impel you to gloomy meditation, solitude, and melancholy.

  • Various motives impel the living to treat with respect the body from which life has departed.