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。
• 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。
• The increasing application of numerical forming technology to aircraft manufacturing propels the shift of manufacturing from experiential mode to scientific mode.
  数字化成形制造技术在航空制造领域的不断推广和应用，使飞机蒙皮从传统的经验型向科学型制造模式转变。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Its part of our DNA and it propels our citizens to rise to the challenge.
  这是我们的DNA的一个组成部分，而且能激励我国公民奋起迎接挑战。
• 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。
• Fourth, resolution to act propels you forward.
  第四，行动的决心驱使你前进。