compel
[kəm'pel]
v.强迫, 迫使, 使不得已
例句与用法:
His cleverness and skill compel our admiration.
他的聪明和技巧使我们赞叹不已。
The heavy rain compelled us to stay indoors.
大雨迫使我们呆在户内。
词形变化:
形容词: compellable | 副词: compellably | 名词: compeller | 动词过去式: compelled | 动词过去分词: compelled | 动词现在分词: compelling | 动词第三人称单数: compels |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 强迫, 使不得不[O2]
They often compelled us to work twelve or fourteen hours a day.
他们常常强迫我们每天工作十二或十四小时。
He was compelled by illness to give up his studies.
他因病被迫放弃学业。
2. 强求[(+from)]
3. 强使发生