impel
动词 v.
英 /ɪmˈpɛl/
美 /ɪmˈpɛl/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
— She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
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To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
— The wind impelled the kayaks toward the shore.
词源
From Middle English impellen, borrowed from Latin impellō.
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