propel

vt.

推进；推动；驱动；驱使

变形

过去式：propelled过去分词：propelled现在分词：propelling第三人称单数：propels

双语释义

vt. 推进 drive forward

英英释义

propel[ prəu'pel ]

v.

cause to move forward with force

"Steam propels this ship"

同义词：impel

give an incentive for action

同义词：motivateactuatemovepromptincite

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

propel forward推动…前进

～+介词

propel by steam用蒸气推动

propel by ambition受雄心的驱策

propel by a pole用篙撑船

propel into a room把某人推入房间

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“推、推动”的意思，其区别是：

thrust常指迅猛地一推或突然有力地推进，侧重速度。

propel侧重指靠外力把人或物稳定、持续地向前推进。

shove一般指猛或费力地推开或移动人或物。

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。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

He used a paddle to propel the boat.
他用船桨将船推进。

The proper use of imagination can then propel ideas in the directions you desire.
适当运用想象力可以将思想往你所希望的方向推进。

权威例句

1. 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。

2. Once in space, ion engines steadily propel a spacecraft until it travels faster than it would have using a chemical rocket.

一旦进入太空，离子发动机将稳步推进航天器，最终达到的速度会比使用普通火箭的更高。

3. This little spheroid sports thousands of tiny hairs around the outer edge of its body called cilia that propel it at lightning speeds through freshwater scum.

这个小小的球状体的身体外壳上有着上千条细小的发丝，叫做纤毛，推进它以闪电般的速度穿行于淡水泡沫中。

4. In theory, the airbreathing engine could propel an airplane to speeds of Mach 7 or faster, enabling aroundtheworld flights that would take several hours.

从理论上讲，这种喷气引擎可以将飞机速度推进到7马赫甚至更快，使飞机能在数小时内完成环球飞行。

5. These designs fuel demand and propel brand loyalty.

这些设计鼓动需求并推进品牌忠诚度。

6. Today I want to talk about something that I haven’t talked about before. It’s a “success secret” that is rarely used, but if used properly will propel you towards success.

今天我讲个以前没提到的内容：成功的小秘诀，我们以前很少发觉它，其实如果加以合理利用，它将会激励我们走向成功。

7. How it works: Electrically charged molecules shoot from the engine to propel the ship.

工作原理：通过从发动机击出的带电分子来推进船体。

8. It then hops to its destination by directing some of the gas to sideways-facing thrusters, to propel itself backwards or forwards.

然后它跳上目的地，向侧面的发动机喷射气体，来推进它向前或向后移动。

9. We must develop industries with local advantages and propel the development of key areas.

积极发展有特色的优势产业，推进重点地带开发。

10. It is the epitome of the new kind of start-ups we need to propel our economy: a mix of new immigrants, using old money to innovate in a flat world.

它是美国想要刺激经济所需要激励的新公司缩影：由原有资金和新移民创造能在这个扁平的世界中不断创新。

11. Much like the wind pushing a sailboat through water, solar sails rely on sunlight to propel vehicles through space.

与风在水里吹着船非常相似，太空太空航行依靠太阳光推进航空器穿越太空。

12. One might think that fusion propulsion requires some exotic fuel to propel a rocket a million-or-so-times more energetically than standard chemical fuels.

有人可能会认为聚变推进需要一些能量高于标准的化学燃料一百多万倍的稀有燃料推进一个火箭。

13. They communicate over vast distances in the same frequencies, around the lowest C on a piano, that ship propel­lers and engines generate.

他们以相同频率远距离交流，这种频率相当于钢琴的低音C调，由轮船推进器和引擎产生声音。

14. They saw the first ship to use turbine to propel forward in the world.

他们参加了世界上第一艘用涡轮机推进的轮船。

15. At the right moment, the antiprotons would mix with protons and annihilate them to produce highly energetic charged particles to propel the craft.

在合适的时刻，使反质子和质子混合，发生湮灭，产生高能带电粒子，推进飞船运行。

16. Mechanical pencils can be divided into two basic types: those that both hold the lead and actively propel it forward during use, and those that only hold the lead in position against gravity.

自动铅笔可以分为两种基本类型：一种为夹住铅芯并且随着使用向前推进，另一种只是夹住铅芯使其不掉下来。

17. We must first calculate the horse-power needed to propel the ship.

我们必须首先计算出驱动这艘船需要多大马力。

18. But as we move into 2008, the Democrats are not ready to gain on the Republicans on this issue because voters do not have a high intensity of support for the Democrats that can propel them to victory.

但是，步入2008年，民主党人在这个问题上不一定会赢得压倒共和党人的优势，因为选民并没有给予民主党人那种能推动他们赢得胜利的强烈支持。

19. But will that push the country back into its past, or propel it into a more ambitious future?

但是灾难将会使日本倒退到以前还是将会推动日本进入更加宏伟的未来？

20. The unpiloted craft, which can take off from an airport runway, has no external rockets and two engines use hydrogen and oxygen to propel it more than 18 miles into space.

该无人驾驶工艺，它可以从一个机场的跑到起飞，没有外部火箭和两个引擎使用氢气和氧气来推动它进入太空超过18英里。

21. The unpiloted craft, which can take off from an airport runway, has no external rockets and two engines use hydrogen and oxygen to propel it more than 18 miles into space.

该无人驾驶工艺，它可以从一个机场的跑到起飞，没有外部火箭和两个引擎使用氢气和氧气来推动它进入太空超过18英里。

22. We must develop industries with local advantages and propel the development of key areas.

积极发展有特色的优势产业，推进重点地带开发。

-- 来源 -- 汉英非文学 - 十六大报告 - 16dabaogao

23. an implement used to propel or steer a boat.

用来推动或驾驶船的工具。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

24. Monnet had chosen America as the deus ex machina that would propel Europe toward unity.

莫内选中美国来充当推动欧洲联合的鬼使神差。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

25. propel reform

推进改革

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 经济

26. 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。

-- 来源 -- politics - 汉英

27. curved piece of resilient wood with taut cord to propel arrows.

一种用弯曲的有弹力的木条绑上紧张的绳索来发射箭的装置。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

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

用浆划动用船桨推动（船只）

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

29. They use oars to propel boats.

他们用浆推进船只。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

30. 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。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

31. 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。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考