The new safety regulations compel all laboratories to install proper ventilation systems.
新的安全法规迫使所有实验室安装适当的通风系统。
Which choice best defines “compel”?
B — Force, require. “compel” means force, require.
Which word means “force, require”?
D — compel. “compel” means force, require.
compel — force, require. In Chinese: 强迫，迫使.
compel is pronounced /kəmˈpel/.
The new safety regulations compel all laboratories to install proper ventilation systems. (新的安全法规迫使所有实验室安装适当的通风系统。)
force, oblige, coerce — all close in meaning to compel (force, require).
allow, permit — each the opposite of compel (force, require).
Yes. compel is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
com(together)+pel(push)