propels

英 [prəˈpelz]

美 [prəˈpelz]

v.  推动; 驱动; 推进; 驱使; 迫使; 推搡
propel的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 推进；推
  Topropelsomething in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction.
  1. The tiny rocket is attached to the spacecraft and is designed to propel it toward Mars.
     小火箭捆绑在宇宙飞船上，用于推动飞船飞向火星。
  2. -propelledcombines with nouns to form adjectives which indicate how something, especially a weapon, is propelled.
     （与名词连用构成形容词）表示“…驱动的”，“由…推动的”
  3. ...rocket-propelled grenades.
     火箭推动的榴弹
  4. ...the first jet-propelled aeroplane.
     首架喷气式飞机
• VERB 推动；激励；驱策
  If somethingpropelsyouintoa particular activity, it causes you to do it.
  1. It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place...
     最初是一颗流星促使我从事天文学。
  2. He is propelled by both guilt and the need to avenge his father.
     他受到内疚感和为父报仇之心的双重驱使。

双语例句

• Watch as a Graf Zeppelin of debt propels its self-styled Viking Raiders across the world's financial stage, accumulating companies like gamblers hoarding chips.
  眼看着一位债务领域的齐伯林伯爵在全世界金融舞台上推动其自诩的维京掠夺者，就像赌棍囤积筹码一样蓄积着公司。
• Now this evil in Macbeth propels him to an act absolutely evil.
  现在麦克白的邪恶催使自己去干一桩绝对罪恶的行动。
• Gratitude, awakens our conscience, and propels us to work for the good of humanity.
  心生感恩，是良知的开启，也是踏出人生良能的第一步。
• Finally, end with a neck and back stretch that propels you out of the bed.
  最后以脖子结束，并且让这些回弹力推动你起床。
• Indeed, she thinks the closeness that most MSF workers have to situations propels them to act.
  事实上，她认为，多数MSF工作人员因为接近疫情，驱使他们采取行动。
• Confidence is not the thing that propels you to the front of a room to give a talk.
  信心不能驱使你走向讲台发表言辞，驱使你的是勇气。
• How odd that it is our constant dissatisfaction with the status quo that propels society forward?
  多奇怪呀，正是我们这种对现状的一直不满意推动着社会前进。
• One that propels, supports, conveys, or strikes with a pole.
  撑船者用一根杆来推动、支撑、传送或击打的人。
• It propels us to find solutions to problems we never would have considered if not for adversity.
  它驱使我们找到解决问题的方法，如果不是身处逆境，也许我们永远不会考虑到。
• The economic gains made by developers and the fact that mayors in China have been judged by narrow economic indicators and not not broader measures of livability propels the process forward.
  开发商从中获得经济利益，中国一直以狭隘的经济指标而不是更宏观的宜居性标准来考评各地的市长，这些都推动了这种模式的发展。