drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something
驱使,迫使,催促
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financial difficulties impelled him to desperate measures 经济困难迫使他采取孤注一掷的措施
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[with obj. and infinitive]
a lack of equality impelled the oppressed to fight .不平等待遇驱使受压迫者起来斗争。
drive forward; propel
驱动,推进
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vital energies impel him in unforeseen directions .他旺盛的生命力不知会把他推向什么方向。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘propel’): from Latin