compel
动词 v.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To drive together, round up.
— The shepherds compelled the stray sheep into the fold as night began to fall.
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To overpower; to subdue.
— She had one of those perfect faces, which irresistibly compel the soul of a man.
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To force, constrain, or coerce.
— Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.
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To forcefully or powerfully motivate (a course of action).
— As the novel progresses, it picks up a propulsive energy, the kind that compels you to keep reading straight through to the end.
- To have a strong, irresistible force (on someone or something).
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To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
— Commissions, which compel from each / The sixth part of his substance.
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To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.
— Easy sleep their weary limbs compell'd.
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To gather or unite in a crowd or company.
— in one troop compell'd
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To call forth; to summon.
— She had this knight from far compeld.
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English compellen, borrowed from Middle French compellir, from Latin compellere, itself from com- (“together”) + pellere (“to drive”). Displaced native Old English nīedan.
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