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propelling

/pruh-pel/US // prəˈpɛl //UK // (prəˈpɛl) //

推进,推动,推进的,推动的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling.

    • : to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
    • : to impel or urge onward: Urgent need of money propelled him to take a job.

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Examples

  • This moment has propelled public companies like Peloton to stratospheric highs — its market cap is about to eclipse $40 billion — but it has also pushed venture capitalists toward plenty of deals in the fitness space.

  • A succession of “beats” in the days ahead would demonstrate that momentum is building to propel big cap profits well above their all-time peak set just last year.

  • It’s all coming together to propel the Rams back near the top of the league in offensive EPA, with the team ranking sixth this season after last year’s drop-off.

  • The towering Sierra Nevada reminded me that no amount of pontificating in my head would help propel one foot in front of the other.

  • Shouting and singing also propel droplets that could contain the virus further than just talking quietly.

  • I push down on the pedal with my right leg and instead of propelling myself forward, I topple over sideways.

  • With the rallying cries of these women propelling us forward, the time to move from rhetoric to reality is now.

  • One opened the cell door while another suddenly charged, propelling Davis inside and slamming him against the back wall.

  • The 54-year-old Socialist contender was asked by WWD, “Do you see yourself in a role à la Michelle Obama, propelling designers?”

  • But, the exposure would be great for the artist, propelling him one step closer to fulfilling the project.

  • For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.

  • They are for propelling or driving the ball, according to the rules of the game.

  • I need not go into details regarding the propelling mechanism of this craft.

  • A Watt engine and a chain carrying “duck-foot” paddles were his propelling apparatus.

  • I resent the absolute exclusion of the passengers from even the most distant view of the propelling and guiding forces.