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 compelling [kәm'peliŋ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 强制的, 强迫性的, 激发兴趣的

  1. A host of compelling socioeconomic problems.
    许多令人不得不接受的社会经济问题
  2. The act of compelling.
    逼迫逼迫的行为
  3. Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing.
    紧迫的强求立即的行动和关注的；急迫的


compelling
[ adj ]
  1. driving or forcing

    2. <adj.all>
    compelling ambition
  2. tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument

    3. <adj.all>
    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.

Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the
whole subsidy at once. --Hallam.

And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross.
--Mark xv. 21.

2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to
extort. [R.]

Commissions, which compel from each
The sixth part of his substance. --Shak.

3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.

Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. --Dryden.

I compel all creatures to my will. --Tennyson.

4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism]
``In one troop compelled.'' --Dryden.

5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] --Chapman.

She had this knight from far compelled. --Spenser.

Syn: To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See
{Coerce}.

  1. "If the project was so compelling, they wouldn't have had to hire investment bankers." Mr. Picchi also notes that Mobil, Chevron and Petro-Canada themselves don't have the wherewithal to pour more money into Hibernia.
  2. He said arguments in favour of a trade sale were compelling.
  3. "As we went from one transaction to the next, the logic of the next step developed in a very compelling way.
  4. Can "Masterpiece Theatre" make a compelling human story out of the discovery of insulin?
  5. One of Snyder's triumphs was the enactment of a 1984 law _ by the citizens, in an initiative, over the objections of officialdom _ compelling the city to guarantee them an indoor place to spend the night.
  6. A state now may ban abortions if it proves it has a compelling interest in protecting the rights of the unborn, he argued.
  7. So far there are no boycotts or political shenanigans expected from any of the 150-odd nations competing, so the event may be even more compelling than the Olympics.
  8. The triumph of this novel is that Mr. Malouf manages to realize a complex, nuanced portrait of the "other" histories of Vic and Digger's lives that is at once compelling, convincing and utterly without condescension.
  9. What were his real views of slavery? Callow, if he knows, keeps us guessing; but at the same time gives us a compelling portrait of the poet and his place and time.
  10. The FRS3 numbers are included but given far less prominence. The property companies' case is compelling.
  11. Who was the man behind the cult, and why was he so compelling? Forget critical judgment.
  12. Traders said the market was left adrift Monday in the absence of compelling reasons to buy shares and the lack of direction for New York stocks.
  13. But the court said although the law was compelling, "this is a difficult conclusion to reach because of the gruesome nature of Cooper's acts." "We won!
  14. As Moscow tries to save Saddam by maneuvering for a cease-fire that might enable him to escape the noose, there are compelling reasons for seeing to it that he does not remain in power.
  15. At the same time, Democratic leaders throughout the region are disappointed in the Dukakis campaign for its failure to shore up its electoral base, to strike back at Mr. Bush's attacks and to develop a compelling case for the Democrats.
  16. "It's just terribly difficult for anyone to come with a compelling sense of urgency to buy equities at this point in time."
  17. Such psychological pressure is among "a lot of compelling reasons this ground war will start sooner rather than later." Humanitarian factors also are pushing Mr. Bush to move on the ground as food and fuel shortages worsen for the citizens of Kuwait.
  18. But the president has been trussed and shorn for a generation or more, and it is likely now not that he may commit American forces where we have no compelling interest, but that he may not be able to commit them where we do.
  19. "For this compelling humanitarian reason, we have repeatedly affirmed our strong humanitarian desire to resettle those who wish in the United States as soon as possible," she said.
  20. Government, he said, retains monopoly control of money simply by spending it _ and then compelling the Fed to accommodate the spending by manipulating the money supply to keep that spending from creating inflation.
  21. This makes grave and compelling theatre. If Anna Reynolds' stage-writing debut seems over-emphatic, it is everywhere blessed with a superb, strong performance from co-writer and solo actor Moira Buffini as Shirley.
  22. I admit that none of this makes "As the Crow Flies" sound all that compelling.
  23. The pilot is competent but there's no compelling reason to watch "Wolf," except for the San Francisco setting.
  24. "Religious conduct is permissible and protected unless the state can show a compelling state interest in interfering with the conduct," the state court said. "Even then, the state must act in the least restrictive manner.
  25. Though his view seemed compelling in the late 1960s, when tie-dyed shirts and bandannas apparently menaced the control of blue business suits and silk ties, recent history seems to give both Marx and Schumpeter a failing grade.
  26. This defense is especially compelling after last week's indictment of Libyans for plotting to kill him for his role in planning the Tripoli bombing.
  27. At the very least, this scheme substantially burdens a woman's right to privacy without advancing a compelling state interest.
  28. Director Roger Spottiswoode, who directed "Shoot to Kill" as well as the far more compelling "Under Fire," is an able journeyman who introduces no surprises but makes no gaffes either as he allows Mr. Hanks and Beasley to go through their paces.
  29. For business students of the 1980s, there was no more compelling case study of the impact of Reagan-era deregulation.
  30. "We don't see any valuation comparisons that say it's a compelling thing to buy small stocks," says Thomas Stevens, chief investment officer at Wilshire Asset Management.
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