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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is Dear Ones to fulfill that driving force within you, that propels you ever onwards and back towards the Source of All That Is.
  这是亲人圆了这个在你的动力，是推动你不断向前，向内的一切都是源。
• Propels a projectile by compressed air.
  通过压缩空气来喷射子弹的枪支。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The beautiful, snow-covered landscape provides a pastoral backdrop for a primary election that frequently propels political candidates toward their party's nomination for president.
  大雪覆盖的美丽景色给总统初选提供了一个田园背景。在这个州的总统初选常常会使政治候选人赢得他们所在党派的总统大选的提名。