重 点
To propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction. 推进
verb [vt. 及物动词] 推进，驱动；推搡（某人走向特定方向）； 驱使，促使
The tiny rocket is attached to the spacecraft and is designed to propel it toward Mars. 微型火箭附在宇宙飞船上，用来推进飞船飞向火星。
pro(向前) + pel(推) → 推进
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- It now appears that they also have an important influence on the geophysical processes that propel the plates across the globe. 现在看来，它们对推动板块在全球范围内运动的地球物理过程也有重要影响。
- ...rocket-propelled grenades. …火箭推进的榴弹。
- He also used ski poles in an unorthodox way—to propel himself as he skied. 他还以一种非正统的方式使用滑雪杖，就是在滑雪时用它推动自己。
propel 的重要知识点
propel vt. 推进；驱使；激励；驱策
- The engine propels the car forward at high speed. 发动机以高速推动汽车前进。
- And scientists believe that making stone tools helped propel that evolution. 而科学家认为，制造石器帮助推进这种进化。
- But it, too, helps propel the genes of the successful into future generations. 但是购物也有助于推动成功基因流传给子孙后代。
| repel 排斥；击退；抵制 | Magnets with like poles repel each other. 同极的磁铁互相排斥。 |
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| expel 驱逐；开除；排出 | The student was expelled from school for bad behavior. 这名学生因行为不端被学校开除。 |
| dispel 消除；驱散（疑虑、恐惧等） | He tried to dispel the rumors about the company's financial troubles. 他试图消除关于公司财务困境的谣言。 |
| compel 强迫；迫使（外在压力） | The law will compel employers to provide healthcare benefits. 法律将迫使雇主提供医疗保健福利。 |
| impel 推动；驱使（内在动力） | A sense of duty impeled her to speak out against injustice. 一种责任感驱使她发声反对不公正。 |
| be / feel compelled to do 觉得必须做某事（外在动力/压力） | President Nixon felt compelled to resign due to the Watergate scandal. 尼克松总统由于水门事件觉得必须辞职。 |
| be / feel impelled to do 觉得必须做某事（内在动力/强烈愿望） | I feel impelled to point out that you are making a dangerous mistake. 我感到有必要（内在冲动）指出你正在犯一个危险的错误。 |