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

• It propels us to find solutions to problems we never would have considered if not for adversity.
  它驱使我们找到解决问题的方法，如果不是身处逆境，也许我们永远不会考虑到。
• Propels a projectile by compressed air.
  通过压缩空气来喷射子弹的枪支。
• Finally, end with a neck and back stretch that propels you out of the bed.
  最后以脖子结束，并且让这些回弹力推动你起床。
• Adopting piston pump with fixed stroke, the piston directly propels the diaphragm, thus deleting the complex mechanic stroke adjustment equipment.
  采用固定冲程的柱塞泵，省去复杂的机械冲程调节装置，使柱塞直接推动膜片工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the false gods feed off existing consensus realities, it propels everything down in vibration, down in dimension and ultimately towards extinction.
  当虚假神依赖活着的一致实相为食时，它就将一切推下振动、推下维度，并最终走向绝灭。
• 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。