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单词 impel
释义 im·pel
\ə̇mˈpel\ transitive verb
(impelled ; impelled ; impelling ; impels)
Etymology: Latin impellere, from in- in- (II) + pellere to drive — more at felt
1.
 a. : to urge or drive by force or constraint
  < impelled out of England … by religious dissension — Evelyn Wrench >
  : exert strong moral pressure on or affect with marked moral compulsion in a particular direction
  < impelled to resist oppressive laws >
  < felt impelled to tolerate what he intensely disliked >
  < continued to write, impelled by profit instead of vision and recollection — Saturday Review >
 b. : to create or generate by force or constraint
  < land hunger impelled the deceit, trickery, bribery which whites practiced upon the red man — H.M.Hyman >
  < his symphonies and symphonic poems are impelled by picturesque Celtic folklore — Norman Demuth >
2. : to impart motion to : give a physical impulse to : propel
 < impelling a wheelbarrow along the street — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
Synonyms: see move
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