英语词汇“compel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

com·pel

(kəm-pĕl)

tr.v. com·pelled, com·pel·ling, com·pels

1. To force (a person) to do something; drive or constrain: The court compelled the company to pay full restitution. My conscience compels me to speak out. See Synonyms at force.

2. To necessitate or require, as by force of circumstance; demand: Growing riots compelled the evacuation of the embassy.

3. To exert a strong, irresistible force on; sway: "The land, in a certain, very real way, compels the minds of the people" (Barry Lopez).

[Middle English compellen, from Latin compellere : com-, com- + pellere, to drive; see pel-⁵ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

com·pella·ble adj.

com·pella·bly adv.

com·peller n.

单词	compel
释义	com·pel (kəm-pĕl) tr.v. com·pelled, com·pel·ling, com·pels 1. To force (a person) to do something; drive or constrain: The court compelled the company to pay full restitution. My conscience compels me to speak out. See Synonyms at force. 2. To necessitate or require, as by force of circumstance; demand: Growing riots compelled the evacuation of the embassy. 3. To exert a strong, irresistible force on; sway: "The land, in a certain, very real way, compels the minds of the people" (Barry Lopez). [Middle English compellen, from Latin compellere : com-, com- + pellere, to drive; see pel-⁵ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] com·pella·ble adj. com·pella·bly adv. com·peller n.
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