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