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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
PresentI, you, we, theyimpel
he, she, itimpels
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyimpelled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave impelled
he, she, ithas impelled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad impelled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill impel
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have impelled
Continuous Form
PresentIam impelling
he, she, itis impelling
you, we, theyare impelling
PastI, he, she, itwas impelling
you, we, theywere impelling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been impelling
he, she, ithas been impelling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been impelling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be impelling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill 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
· 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.
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.
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.
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 itcompelimpel somebody to do something The lack of democracy and equality impelled the oppressed to fight for independence.
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