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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is the power that takes you over obstacles, the fuel that propels you toward the life you envision.
  理想和目标中蕴含着力量。它是使你越过障碍的力量，它是推动你向美好生活前进的燃料。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This paper mainly studies Jianghuai Auto Company's running mechanism which propels technological progress after reviewing briefly its conspectus of technological progress.
  本文简单回顾了江淮汽车公司技术进步概况，对其推动技术进步的运行机制进行探讨。
• Propels a projectile by compressed air.
  通过压缩空气来喷射子弹的枪支。