单词	impel
释义	impelim‧pel /ɪmˈpel/ verb (past tense and past participle impelled, present participle impelling) [transitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINimpel Origin: 1400-1500 Latin impellere, from pellere ‘to drive’ Verb Table VERB TABLE impel Simple Form Present I, you, we, they impel he, she, it impels Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they impelled Present perfect I, you, we, they have impelled he, she, it has impelled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had impelled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will impel Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have impelled Continuous Form Present I am impelling he, she, it is impelling you, we, they are impelling Past I, he, she, it was impelling you, we, they were impelling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been impelling he, she, it has been impelling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been impelling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be impelling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been impelling Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Instead, another regrettable aspect of her personality impelled her to smile specially at this man. She had been impelled to go and find him because of the sudden silence from his burrow under the eaves. The data showed that information specialists' actions were often impelled not simply by material rewards or to avoid punishment. The more one partner backs off, the more the other may be impelled to pursue. The Soviet situation was seen as a major factor in impelling the two countries to seek their current reconciliation. The swinging mannered flights of the great stairway impelled an obedience to propriety. What drives me, what impels me to be so disagreeable, my father has often asked me. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen you feel that you should do something because it would be right► must do something/have to do something · Everyone will be expecting me so I have to go.· I must write and thank her for the lovely flowers she sent me.must/have to · I don't really want to spend Christmas with my family, but I suppose I have to. ► feel obliged to do something to feel that you should do something because other people expect you to do it and will be disappointed or upset if you do not: · I felt obliged to invite all my family, although I didn't really want to. ► feel compelled to do something formal to feel very strongly that you must do something, because it is the right thing to do and people expect you to do it: · No one should feel compelled to take part. It should be voluntary.· I felt compelled to say something in Henry's defence. ► feel impelled to do something formal to feel that it is your moral duty to do something: · I feel impelled to write and tell you how disappointed I am with your newspaper.· Sarah felt impelled to stay at home and look after her parents. if something impels you to do something, it makes you feel very strongly that you must do it → compelimpel somebody to do something The lack of democracy and equality impelled the oppressed to fight for independence.
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