| 词汇 | compel |
| 释义 | compel verb[ T ] uk /kəmˈpel/ us /kəmˈpel/-ll- to force someone to do something: 强迫；逼迫；迫使 [ + to infinitive ]As a schoolboy he was compelled to wear shorts even in winter.在小学阶段，即使在冬天他也被迫穿着短裤。 formalThe new circumstances compelled a change in policy.新情况迫使在政策上作出改变。 See also compulsion(FORCE) formal to produce a strong feeling or reaction: （有时指并非所愿地）激起，引发 Over the years her work has compelled universal admiration and trust.这些年来，她的工作获得了大家的一致钦佩和信赖。 Causing somebody to act arm-twisting bludgeon bounce someone into something browbeat someone into something/doing something bull something through coercion drive someone/something to something duress force someone's handidiom forced marriage forcible push (someone) toward(s) something put the heat on someoneidiom put/tighten the screws on someoneidiom rallying cry ram something down someone's throatidiom ransom slap squeeze wring You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing things to happen compel | American Dictionarycompel verb[ T ] us/kəmˈpel/-ll- to force someone to do something: At school, we were compelled to wear uniforms, which I hated. Examples of compelcompel There is a tension between the phrase and every translation compelled to resolve it. While his definition may be simplistic by modern critical standards, there is kind of brutality to it that makes it compelling. The clinician is compelled to hold the balance between the scales of laboratory data on the one hand and stochastic theory on the other. The second element in the right of silence is that no one should be compelled to betray himself. In some cases a patentee can be compelled to grant a licence to use his patent on reasonable terms. Feminist analyses of them are compelled to co-exist with their uncertainties, and to make links with other, non-psychological discourses, such as discourses of gender. In 1543 an earth-centered cosmos was the physical orthodoxy of the day, supported by philosophical arguments that, at the time, were peculiarly compelling. Thus, there is a compelling need to identify factors in early childhood that are associated with chronic versus self-limiting patterns of externalizing behavior. Intuitively, since a higher fine leads to an increase in reported emissions, the firm is compelled to pay more tax (on the reported emissions). I believe that this view of autonomy is compelling. Three compelling justifications follow for the use of expert surveys. We do not find this concern to be compelling for two reasons. We do not find this concern to be compelling. What is compelling or comprehensible to one person may be uninteresting or unintelligible to another. Thereafter, with their traditional intake now going to university, solicitors and accountants were increasingly compelled to accept graduates in large numbers. See all examples of compel These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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