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

Confidence is not the thing that propels you to the front of a room to give a talk.
信心不能驱使你走向讲台发表言辞，驱使你的是勇气。
One that propels, supports, conveys, or strikes with a pole.
撑船者用一根杆来推动、支撑、传送或击打的人。
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。
Now this evil in Macbeth propels him to an act absolutely evil.
现在麦克白的邪恶催使自己去干一桩绝对罪恶的行动。
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。
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。
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 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。
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。