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

• 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。
• I believe that a sense of the unknown propels us in all of our creative activities, from science to art.
  我相信，从科学领域到艺术领域，有一种神秘感在驱使着我们全力以赴地投身其中、激发创意。
• 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。
• In the shot put event, the athlete propels a heavy metal ball with one arm only.
  在铅球运动中，运动员只能用一只手投掷一个很重的金属球。
• The unraveling of a sometimes tangled web propels our work, in tandem, through the realization of their individuality.
  有时在一个错综复杂解体驱使通过自己的个性，我们实现协同工作。
• As an economic boom propels more people in India into the ranks of the wealthy, they are acquiring a taste for the good life.
  印度经济的欣欣向荣，使很多人挤进了富裕阶层，也有了优质生活的品味。
• 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。
• 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。
• A gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion.
  气涡轮产生高温废气用反作用力推进喷气式飞机。
• 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。