English Dictionary

impel

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪmˈpɛl/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation. / (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.

日本語の意味

～を促す、奮い立たせる（人に内発的な動機を与えて行動を起こさせる） / ～を駆り立てる、推進する（物体に対して運動の原動力を与える）

Their urgent testimony may impel the committee to change its decision.

彼らの緊急の証言は委員会に決定を変更するよう促すかもしれない。

意味（1）

(transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.

She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.

意味（2）

(transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.

impels （ present singular third-person ）

impelling （ participle present ）

impelled （ participle past ）

impelled （ past ）