propel

• vt. 推进；驱使；激励；驱策

pro-,向前，-pel,推动，词源同pulse,compel.

1. cause to move forward with force;

"Steam propels this ship"

2. give an incentive for action;

"This moved me to sacrifice my career"

propel

propel: see pulse

propel (v.)

mid-15c., "to drive away, expel," from Latin propellere "push forward, drive forward, drive forth; move, impel," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + pellere "to push, drive" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "to drive onward, cause to move forward" is from 1650s. Related: Propelled; propelling.

propel, push, shove, thrust

这些动词均有"推，推动"之意。

propel： 侧重指靠外力把人或物稳定、持续地向前推进。

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。

shove： 一般指猛或费力地推开或移动人或物。

thrust： 常指迅猛地一推或突然有力地推进，侧重速度。

Medical spending, which typically rises faster than wages and the overall economy, is propelled by two things: the high prices charged for medical services in this country and the volume of unnecessary care delivered by doctors and hospitals, which often perform a lot more tests and treatments than a patient really needs.

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He also used ski poles in an unorthodox way—to propel himself as he skied.

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

mechanically propelled vehicles

机动车辆

牛津词典

He succeeded in propelling the ball across the line.

他成功地把球带过线。

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He was grabbed from behind and propelled through the door.

有人从后面抓住他，把他推过门去。

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Fury propelled her into action.

怒火驱使她行动起来。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They try to propel the watercrafts with paddles.

他们试着用桨推动船只.

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Repetitive tasks and no break will propel people to pay a hefty health price.

重复的任务和没有突破,必将推动人民要付出沉重的健康代价.

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They use oars to propel boats.

他们用浆推进船只.

辞典例句

How could teaching of architectural history and theories propel design activities and cultural development?

建筑历史与理论的教学如何成为促进设计思想活跃和文化发展的动力因素?

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To propel ( a watercraft ) with paddles or a paddle.

用浆划动用船桨推动 ( 船只 )

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Therefore, it will propel or hinder their development in future.

这些特征将继续推动或制约这类殖民地形成的国家的未来发展.

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To propel ( a boat ) with a pole.

用篱撑 ( 船 )

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We can accomplish humanism management through various means and propel enterprise's innovation forward.

可以通过多种途径实现企业内的人本管理,以此推动企业创新.

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It is our long - term central task to push forward the modernization drive and propel economic progress.

搞好现代化建设,推动经济发展,是我们 长期 的中心任务.

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Development finance can fund and work to propel system building.

开发性金融是我们以融资为载体,推进制度建设的途径.

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China's booming energy demand has helped propel world oil prices.

中国激增的能源需求帮助推高了全球油价.

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That's an event in which several powerful strokes propel the boat forward through choppy waters.

在这里几个强有力的船桨推动船在波涛汹涌的河流中前进.

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Their emotions can propel market trends or send them into reversals.

他们的情绪会推动市场趋势或让市场反转.

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Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks.

短桨特别用于划独木舟和小艇.

《简明英汉词典》

To give impetus to; propel.

给予推动力; 推动.

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As long as that's the case, this will continue to propel gold higher.

倘若如此, 这些因素都将继续推动金价走高.

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You will need some skills to propel you up that ladder of success.

你需要掌握一些促使自己往上爬升的技能.

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The constant writhing of the snakes can even propel the ball over rocks and tree roots.

他们持续的扭动可驱使球体越过岩石和树根.

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To propel something, especially a ball, in a high arc.

将(球)高击:将某物, 尤指球, 推入高弧线.

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We should energetically promote IT application and use IT to propel and accelerate industrialization.

大力推进信息化,用信息化带动工业化,加快工业化进程.

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