compelling 音标拼音: [kəmp'ɛlɪŋ]
a . 强制的,强迫性的,令人注目的
强制的,强迫性的,令人注目的
compelling adj 1 :
driving or forcing ; "
compelling ambition "
2 :
tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument ; "
new and compelling evidence "
Compel \
Com *
pel "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Compelled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Compelling }.] [
L .
compellere ,
compulsum ,
to drive together ,
to compel ,
urge ;
com -
pellere to drive :
cf .
OF .
compellir .
See {
Pulse }.]
1 .
To drive or urge with force ,
or irresistibly ;
to force ;
to constrain ;
to oblige ;
to necessitate ,
either by physical or moral force .
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Wolsey . . .
compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once . --
Hallam .
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And they compel one Simon . . .
to bear his cross .
--
Mark xv .
21 .
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2 .
To take by force or violence ;
to seize ;
to exact ;
to extort . [
R .]
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Commissions ,
which compel from each The sixth part of his substance . --
Shak .
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3 .
To force to yield ;
to overpower ;
to subjugate .
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Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled . --
Dryden .
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I compel all creatures to my will . --
Tennyson .
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4 .
To gather or unite in a crowd or company . [
A Latinism ] "
In one troop compelled ." --
Dryden .
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5 .
To call forth ;
to summon . [
Obs .] --
Chapman .
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She had this knight from far compelled . --
Spenser .
Syn :
To force ;
constrain ;
oblige ;
necessitate ;
coerce .
See {
Coerce }.
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52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
compelling ":
actuating ,
acute ,
animating ,
causal ,
causative ,
clamorous ,
coactive ,
compulsive ,
compulsory ,
constraining ,
critical ,
crucial ,
crying ,
decretal ,
decretive ,
decretory ,
dictating ,
directive ,
driving ,
exigent ,
gripping ,
high -
pressure ,
high -
priority ,
holding ,
impelling ,
imperative ,
imperious ,
impulsive ,
inducive ,
insistent ,
instant ,
instructive ,
irresistible ,
jussive ,
mandating ,
motivating ,
motivational ,
motive ,
moving ,
obligating ,
obsessing ,
obsessional ,
obsessive ,
peremptory ,
pivotal ,
possessing ,
preceptive ,
preoccupying ,
prescriptive ,
pressing ,
restraining ,
urgent
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