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单词 compel
释义
compel
verb[T]
uk
/kəmˈpel/us
/kəmˈpel/
-ll-
toforcesomeone to do something:
强迫；逼迫；迫使
[+ to infinitive]As aschoolboyhe was compelledtowearshortseveninwinter.在小学阶段，即使在冬天他也被迫穿着短裤。
formalThe newcircumstancescompelled achangeinpolicy.新情况迫使在政策上作出改变。
See also
compulsion(FORCE)
formal
toproduceastrongfeelingorreaction:
（有时指并非所愿地）激起，引发
Over theyearsherworkhas compelleduniversaladmirationandtrust.这些年来，她的工作获得了大家的一致钦佩和信赖。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing somebody to act
  • arm-twisting
  • bludgeon
  • bounce
  • bouncesomeoneintosomething
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
  • impel
  • impose
  • jolt
  • kick
  • railroad
  • reduce
  • reducesomeonetosomething
  • reimpose
  • reimposition
  • screw
  • slap
  • squeeze
  • trap
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(Definition ofcompelfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

compel| American Dictionary

compel
verb[T]
us
/kəmˈpel/
-ll-
toforcesomeone to do something:
Atschool, we were compelled towearuniforms, which Ihated.
(Definition ofcompelfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcompel

compel
There is a tension between the phrase and every translation compelled to resolve it.
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While his definition may be simplistic by modern critical standards, there is kind of brutality to it that makes it compelling.
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The clinician is compelled to hold the balance between the scales of laboratory data on the one hand and stochastic theory on the other.
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The second element in the right of silence is that no one should be compelled to betray himself.
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In some cases a patentee can be compelled to grant a licence to use his patent on reasonable terms.
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Feminist analyses of them are compelled to co-exist with their uncertainties, and to make links with other, non-psychological discourses, such as discourses of gender.
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In 1543 an earth-centered cosmos was the physical orthodoxy of the day, supported by philosophical arguments that, at the time, were peculiarly compelling.
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Thus, there is a compelling need to identify factors in early childhood that are associated with chronic versus self-limiting patterns of externalizing behavior.
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Intuitively, since a higher fine leads to an increase in reported emissions, the firm is compelled to pay more tax (on the reported emissions).
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I believe that this view of autonomy is compelling.
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Three compelling justifications follow for the use of expert surveys.
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We do not find this concern to be compelling for two reasons.
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We do not find this concern to be compelling.
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What is compelling or comprehensible to one person may be uninteresting or unintelligible to another.
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Thereafter, with their traditional intake now going to university, solicitors and accountants were increasingly compelled to accept graduates in large numbers.
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