compel
US /kəmˈpɛl/
・UK /kəm'pel/
B1TOEIC
v.t.Transitive VerbTo force someone to do something
I don't want to compel him to take care of my kids
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Trump 2.0 and Taiwan: Will Trump cause or prevent war? | DW News
- Some say Trump could compel Taiwan to more urgently strengthen its own defenses,
Some say Trump could compel Taiwan to more urgently strengthen its own defenses,
- Some say Trump could compel Taiwan to more urgently strengthen its own defenses.
Some say Trump could compel Taiwan to more urgently strengthen its own defenses.
Legislators Fight, Thousands Protest Over Proposed Legislative Reforms | TaiwanPlus News
- On Friday, lawmakers resumed readings of deeply controversial bills that would drastically expand legislative powers—devisive items that would give lawmakers the power to compel testimony and finer jail those who don't answer questions completely.
On Friday, lawmakers resumed readings of deeply controversial bills that would drastically expand legislative powers—devisive items that would give lawmakers the power to compel testimony and finer jail those who don't answer questions completely.
- Divisive items that would give lawmakers the power to compel testimony.
Divisive items that would give lawmakers the power to compel testimony.
How Wounded People Seek Out further Punishment
- There's a bitter paradox that awaits many of us who have suffered from harsh, unloving childhoods. We have an above-average chance of ending up in – and blindly putting up with – harsh, unloving adult relationships. Our original, unfulfilling bonds to our caregivers – far from warning us away from future turmoil – appears to compel us to recreate its features in grown-up life. The true toll of bad childhoods isn't circumscribed to their actual duration.
There's a bitter paradox that awaits many of us who have suffered from harsh, unloving childhoods. We have an above-average chance of ending up in – and blindly putting up with – harsh, unloving adult relationships. Our original, unfulfilling bonds to our caregivers – far from warning us away from future turmoil – appears to compel us to recreate its features in grown-up life. The true toll of bad childhoods isn't circumscribed to their actual duration.
- Our original, unfulfilling bonds to our caregivers—far from warning us away from future turmoil—appears to compel us to recreate its features in grown-up life.
Our original, unfulfilling bonds to our caregivers—far from warning us away from future turmoil—appears to compel us to recreate its features in grown-up life.
President Obama Speaks on Climate Change
- What we need in this fight are citizens who will stand up and speak up and compel us to do what this moment demands.
What we need in this fight are citizens who will stand up and speak up and compel us to do what this moment demands.
- and speak up, and compel us to do what this moment demands.
and speak up, and compel us to do what this moment demands.
Determinism vs Free Will: Crash Course Philosophy #24
- What would compel an agent to make one decision and not another?
What would compel an agent to make one decision and not another?
- What would compel an agent to make one decision, and not another?
What would compel an agent to make one decision, and not another?
Cheryl Strayed on How To Become a Writer, The Power of Art & More
- And then once that became actually, that inner strength is what I drew on to compel me every day forward through another day of trying to write something that meant something to someone else.
And then once that became actually, that inner strength is what I drew on to compel me every day forward through another day of trying to write something that meant something to someone else.
- on to compel me every day forward through another day of trying to write something that
on to compel me every day forward through another day of trying to write something that
‘Collecting people's data’: Children band together to stop social media ban
- The government oversees the eSafety Commissioner who does have the powers to compel digital ID.
The government oversees the eSafety Commissioner who does have the powers to compel digital ID.
- The government oversees the ESAFETY commissioner who does have the powers to compel digital id.
The government oversees the ESAFETY commissioner who does have the powers to compel digital id.
20 Historical Secrets That Were Finally REVEALED
- Did Buckingham's greed compel Richard to seize the crown?
Did Buckingham's greed compel Richard to seize the crown?
- Did Buckingham's greed compel Richard to seize the crown?
Did Buckingham's greed compel Richard to seize the crown?
10 Disturbing Documents the Government Tried to Hide
- It's a program through which the government could compel corporate America.
It's a program through which the government could compel corporate America.
- It's a program through which the government could compel corporate America.
It's a program through which the government could compel corporate America.
The Real American Heroes
- The House just overwhelmingly voting to compel the Department of Justice to release all of the Epstein files.
The House just overwhelmingly voting to compel the Department of Justice to release all of the Epstein files.
- The House just overwhelmingly voting to compel the Department of Justice to release all of the Epstein files.
The House just overwhelmingly voting to compel the Department of Justice to release all of the Epstein files.