英 [prəˈpel] 美 [prəˈpel]
v. 推进，驱动；推搡（某人走向特定方向）； 驱使，促使
第三人称单数propels
现在分词propelling
过去式propelled
过去分词propelled
propel /prəˈpɛl/ CET6 TEM8 [ propelling propelled propels ]
及物动词 To propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction. 推进
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。
与形容词结合的复合词 -propelled combines with nouns to form adjectives that indicate how something, especially a weapon, is propelled. (与名词结合构成形容词) …推进的
...rocket-propelled grenades.
…火箭推进的榴弹。
推进
推动
... dispel v 驱散（烟雾等） propel v 推进 repel v 击退（敌人），使…反感 ...
... force>compel>oblige通过法律、社会、道义的手法强迫 propel推动，驱动 repel逐回 ...
... resolve（常与into连用）解决（与into连用）分解 advocate n.（常与of连用）拥护者；提倡者 propel vt.推进, 驱使 repel vt.击退, 抵制, 使厌恶, 使不愉快 ...
propeller [航][船] 螺旋桨；推进器
propellant 推进物；推进燃料；发射火药
propelling 推进
propellent 推动者；推进物；推进燃料
propellor [航][船] 螺旋桨；推进者；[航][船] 推进器
propelling 推动（propel的ing形式）
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。
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。
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。
LeBlanc thinks the President's visibility with the Volt will propel GM to more profitability.
VOA : standard.2010.07.29
But climate change negotiators worry that without quick action, the carbon footprint of countries like India and China will rise dramatically as their fast-growing economies propel millions into the middle class.
VOA : standard.2009.11.27
The FHA is still with us and we just had an FHA Modernization Act; Congress is starting to propel that forward I wanted to say a little bit about the math of mortgages.
联邦住宅管理局还在,我们有联邦住宅管理局现代化法,国会正在进一步实施这个法案,我想讲一点抵押贷款的数学知识
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He said they are looking at a few scenarios that could help propel gold.
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Bargain hunting in gold has helped propel the yellow metal higher in pre-New York action.
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The new phones and new payment products alone aren't expected to propel mobile payments.