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

• 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。
• 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。
• Information development is a process in which man by a wide-ranging application of information technology develops and puts information resources into use more efficiently and propels economy and society forward.
  信息化是人类社会活动中通过广泛应用信息技术，更加充分有效地开发与利用信息资源，推动经济与社会发展的过程。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon.
  能够把明亮的光推进到高空中，或者用于推进救生绳、捕鲸枪。
• 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。
• 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。