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propel

英 [prəˈpel]

美 [prəˈpel]

v.  推动; 驱动; 推进; 驱使; 迫使; 推搡

过去分词：propelled　过去式：propelled　现在分词：propelling　第三人称单数：propels　复数：propels　

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同义词辨析

propelpushshovethrust【导航词义：推】

propelv. 推动，驱动
〔辨析〕
指施加外力，尤指推力，使某人或某物前进。
〔例证〕
It is impossible for only one person to propel the car up the ramp.
仅凭一个人是不可能把这辆小汽车推上坡道的。
She was so surprised that he would give her a boat propelled by a small motor as a birthday present.
她没想到他竟然送给她一艘由小马达驱动的小船作为生日礼物。
pushv. 推，推动
〔辨析〕
指用手、胳膊等使人或物移动。
〔例证〕
Shoppers pushing their grocery carts crowd the supermarkets at weekends.
周末，推着购物车的购物者挤满了各大超市。
He came back so late that he had to slowly push the door open.
他回来得太晚了，不得不慢慢地把门推开。
shovev. 推，推挤
〔辨析〕
指用手或肩膀粗鲁地推挤或推撞。
〔例证〕
Everyone was pushing and shoving to get a better view of the prince.
大家都推搡着为一睹王子的风采抢占好位置。
The table wouldn't move no matter how hard he shoved.
无论他怎么使劲推，桌子都纹丝不动。
thrustv. 猛推，猛塞
〔辨析〕
指突然或用力地朝某个方向推某人或某物。
〔例证〕
He was beginning to get angry and thrust her roughly towards the door.
他开始生气了，粗暴地把她往门口推。
His mother thrust an envelope into his hand and then got in the car.
他妈妈把一个信封往他手里一塞就上车了。

牛津词典

    verb

    • 推动；驱动；推进
      to move, drive or push sth forward or in a particular direction
      1. mechanically propelled vehicles
        机动车辆
      2. He succeeded in propelling the ball across the line.
        他成功地把球带过线。
    • 驱使；迫使；推搡
      to force sb to move in a particular direction or to get into a particular situation
      1. He was grabbed from behind and propelled through the door.
        有人从后面抓住他，把他推过门去。
      2. Fury propelled her into action.
        怒火驱使她行动起来。

    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。

    英英释义

    verb

    双语例句

    • Improving career growth opportunities, team collaboration and communication can help propel a company forward in the new year.
      增加职业发展机会，促进团队合作与沟通，可以推动公司在新的一年向前发展。
    • And harmonize and propel these departments to do practical things for women and children.
      协调和推动政府有关部门为妇女儿童办实事。
    • Laughter is an energy that can propel us along the Path of Joy.
      笑是一种能源，可以推动我们沿着欢乐。
    • What kind of technology will propel us toward a cashless, mobile payment-driven world?
      哪种技术将推动我们进入一个无现金的、由移动支付驱动的世界？
    • That helps to define your experience and propel you in the direction of your seeking.
      这能帮助你定义自己经验，并推动你向你所寻求的方向。
    • Investors, taking their cue from rising equities and hopes of economic recovery, have helped propel the rise.
      从股市回暖和经济复苏的希望中得到信号的投资者，也帮助推动了油价上涨。
    • The same questions propel me through the country year after year.
      同样的问题也驱动着我，一年又一年地穿梭在这个国家的土地上。
    • America attracts talent from around the world into its universities, helping to propel innovation and spawning new businesses.
      美国吸引了全世界的优秀人才到它的大学，有助于推动革新和孵化新企业。
    • They prefer technology, not radical politics, to propel social change.
      他们更偏爱科技，而不是激进的政治，来促进社会变化。
    • Infrastructure projects that can propel economic and employment growth and continuous social development?
      基础建设项目，以推动经济和就业增长，以及持续的社会发展？

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