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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   compel

   • IPA[kəmˈpel]

   美式

   • v.
     force or oblige (someone) to do something；bring about (something) by the use of force or pressure

   • verb: compel, 3rd person present: compels, gerund or present participle: compelling, past tense: compelled, past participle: compelled

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. force or oblige (someone) to do something a sense of duty compelled Harry to answer her questions 同義詞 force, coerce into, pressurize into, pressure, impel, ... 更多drive, press, push, urge, prevail on, dragoon into, browbeat into, bully into, bludgeon into, intimidate into, terrorize into, oblige, require, put under an obligation, leave someone no option but to, make, informalbulldoze, railroad, steamroller, twist someone's arm, strong-arm, lean on, put the screws on, archaicconstrain, exact, extort, demand, insist on, enforce, force, necessitate, archaicconstrain
   • ▪ bring about (something) by the use of force or pressure they may compel a witness's attendance at court by issue of a summons
   • ▪ drive forcibly by heav'n's high will compell'd from shore to shore