propel
英 [prəˈpel] 美 [prəˈpɛl]

vt.

推进；推动；驱动；驱使

变形

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

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. 推进 drive forward

英英释义

propel[ prəu'pel ]

• v.
  • cause to move forward with force

    "Steam propels this ship"

    同义词：impel

  • give an incentive for action

    同义词：motivateactuatemovepromptincite

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

• propel forward推动…前进

～+介词

• propel by steam用蒸气推动
• propel by ambition受雄心的驱策
• propel by a pole用篙撑船
• propel into a room把某人推入房间

同近义词辨析

thrust, propel, shove, push

这组词都有“推、推动”的意思，其区别是：

thrust常指迅猛地一推或突然有力地推进，侧重速度。

propel侧重指靠外力把人或物稳定、持续地向前推进。

shove一般指猛或费力地推开或移动人或物。

push普通用词，指用突然的力量把人或物推向前进、推开或推到另一位置上。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. He used a paddle to propel the boat.
   他用船桨将船推进。
2. The proper use of imagination can then propel ideas in the directions you desire.
   适当运用想象力可以将思想往你所希望的方向推进。

权威例句

The Propel Distributed Services Platform
PROPEL:an approach supporting property elucidation
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To Propel the Improvement of People's Livelihood in the Popularization of Marxism
G protein heterodimers: new structures propel new questions
Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities from hydration and melting propel ‘cold plumes’ at subduction zones
Molecular systematics of New World lampropeltinine snakes (Colubridae): implications for biogeography and evolution of food habits
Naive T cells sense the cysteine protease allergen papain through protease-activated receptor 2 and propel T2 immunity
Pralatrexate in patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma: results from the pivotal PROPEL study
Transition metal promoted redirection of the thermal bishomoconjugative bond reorganization pathway of unsaturated propellanes