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单词 impel
释义
impel
verb[T]
uk
/ɪmˈpel/us
/ɪmˈpel/
-ll-
to make someonefeelthat they must do something:
促使，驱使
[+ to infinitive]She was in such amessIfeltimpelledto(=feltI had to)offeryourservices.她陷入了这么一个烂摊子，我不得不提出让你去帮帮她。
Iwonderwhat it is that impels himtoexerciseall thetime.我不知道是什么原因驱使他成天在锻炼身体。
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Causing somebody to act
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  • bouncesomeoneintosomething
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  • bully
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  • jolt
  • kick
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  • reduce
  • reducesomeonetosomething
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(Definition ofimpelfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

impel| American Dictionary

impel
verb[T]
fml
us
/ɪmˈpel/
-ll-
toforcesomeone to do something:
[+ to infinitive]When Iseethemeating, Ifeelimpelled toeat, too.
(Definition ofimpelfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpel

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His thirst for public respect was insatiable; for him, honor, more than interest, impelled men's actions.
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Moreover, the juridical applicability of welfare assessments impels extra scientific caution in order to avoid conclusive - and meaningful - results.
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Sometimes it merely impels arguments that finesse real dilemmas by appeal to utopian values.
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And it is not unreasonable to think that interdisciplinary scholarship mightimpelthem.
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One might ask what impels this interest in language forgetting.
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Descartes here means that an agent is indifferent in his peculiar sense when their will is not impelled by any reason for acting.
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The stance of ironic detachment gives way to a violence that impels a sense of commitment.
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But what wouldimpela biological visual system to pose, let alone solve such a problem?
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However, two theoretical reasonsimpelus not to put much store in annual fixed-effects.
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Swallowed up in one phase or other of its immensity, towards which they seemed impelled by a desperate fascination, they never returned.
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Following an overview of the importance of oracy for learning, the article describes the importance of assessment, especially formative assessment, in impelling progress.
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And so our curiosity impels us to explore the block's exterior.
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The study of social context in developmental psychopathology is important not least because it impels us to reflect on the social institutions that manage psychopathology.
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The conditions in which the mentally ill were kept shocked him, and impelled him to take positive action.
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If they do not, then this willimpelus to seek other explanations.
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