| 单词 | compel |
| 释义 | com·pel transitive verb 1. a. < poverty compelled him to work > — often used in the passive < so lame that he was compelled to use a cane — American Guide Series: New Hampshire > < compelled to confess that the project was a failure — R.P.Warren > b. < public opinion compelled President Lincoln to order McDowell to move forward — Dict. of American History > : force by authority, code, or custom c. < compelled, as if by inner command, to listen — J.C.Powys > < his sense of order would compel him to tidy up — Morley Callaghan > 2. a. < Alexander … after the decisive victory at Legnano compelled Frederick's submission — Encyc. Americana > b. < potent spells for compelling the Evil One — Charles Dickens > < wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room — Scott Fitzgerald > c. archaic 3. a. < nobody will compel you; you are perfectly free — Samuel Butler †1902 > b. < compel assent at the point of a gun > intransitive verb < he had a presence that inspired and a voice that compelled > Synonyms: see force |
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