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impelling

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

促成的,促成,强迫性,促使

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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

  • More often, it was impelling them to define their markets more narrowly.

  • There were no impassioned affections glowing in her bosom and impelling her to his side.

  • It impresses with a sense of increased obligation, that furnishes an ardour of mind, powerfully impelling to duty.

  • A mad desire began to come over him; a strange, impelling scheme took hold of his brain.

  • Springing on board, we each seized a pole and began impelling the raft from the shore.

  • Her face then, with its dead whiteness and the eyes of flame, held a tragic, impelling beauty that stung Anson into remonstrance.