Propel
[ prə'pɛl ]
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vt. 推进;推动;驱动;驱使;
💡 词根助记
pro向前，在前+pel推→推着前进→推进
📝 例句
To propel(a watercraft)with paddles or a paddle.
用浆划动用船桨推动（船只）
propel reform
推进改革
an implement used to propel or steer a boat.
用来推动或驾驶船的工具。
To take responsibility will propel you forward and onward to your greater good.
承担责任能推动你不断前进，创造更美好的前程。
a person propelled by ambition
一个为野心所驱策的人
🌱 联想助记
【串】萨拉热窝被雨水compel(强迫),进入了chapel(祈祷室),把侵略都expel(驱逐),把自由propel(推动)
【记】※ propel-推进,proper-适当的:要推进适当的方法
※ pr-拼音“胖人”,op-拼音“藕片”,el-拼音“饿了”:胖人饿了会吃藕片,藕片是推动他前进的力量
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-pul-表示“推”
常见变体有-pel-
📖 牛津释义
propel
v
(-ll-) [Tn, Tn.pr]
move, driveor push (sth) forward 推进, 驱动, 推（某物）
mechanically propelled vehicles 机动车辆
a boat propelled by oars 用桨划的船
(fig 比喻) His addiction to drugs propelled him towards a life of crime. 他吸毒成瘾使他走上犯罪的道路.
🎯 考研助记
pel(推) com(共同)+pel(推):大家一起推你- 强迫 pro(向前)+pel(推):往前推- 推进 ex(向外)+pel(推):被推到外面去- 开除 re(反)+pel(推): 击退
🔁 扩展释义
*[prәu'pel]vt. 推进, 驱使【机】 推进
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Yes, and we must stop people walking on this floor until it's firm. It may be necessary to put up a notice saying Keep off. Another thing, we' ll have to drill a hole in the wall for the electric wires.
是的，因此在地板牢固前，我们必须防止人们从地板上行走。可能还需要竖一个布告牌，写上“不得践踏”。还有，我们必须在墙上钻一个电线孔。
While the men had been working inside the ship, the air-line had been giving off oxygen.
当工人们的在船舱里干活时，供气管一直在排放氧气。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。