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 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。
• 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。
• Propels a projectile by compressed air.
  通过压缩空气来喷射子弹的枪支。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This determination is central to your nature& a drive that propels you to work harder, fight longer, and strive for more than you should be able to attain through your own merits.
  你有一种近乎超人的决心，这种决心来自于你的本性&它驱使你更努力地工作，更执著于战斗，乃至于去完成超越自身实力的目标。
• 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。
• 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。