compulsion

英 [kəmˈpʌlʃn]

美 [kəmˈpʌlʃn]

n.  强迫; 强制; (尤指做不道德、愚蠢或危险事的)强烈欲望，冲动

复数：compulsions　

GRETEM8医学

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牛津词典

noun

• 强迫；强制
  strong pressure that makes sb do sth that they do not want to do
  1. You are under no compulsion to pay immediately.
     没有人强迫你立刻付款。
  2. There are no compulsions on students to attend classes.
     没有强求学生上课。
• （尤指做不道德、愚蠢或危险事的）强烈欲望，冲动
  a strong desire to do sth, especially sth that is wrong, silly or dangerous
  1. He felt a great compulsion to tell her everything.
     他感到一阵强烈的冲动，想要把一切都告诉她。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 强烈欲望;(难以克制的)冲动
  Acompulsionis a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
  1. He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run...
     他突然有一种想扔掉水桶撒腿就跑的冲动。
  2. It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer.
     成为作家要有天分，但更要有创作的冲动。
• N-UNCOUNT 强迫;强制
  If someone usescompulsionin order to get you to do something, they force you to do it, for example by threatening to punish you if you do not do it.
  1. Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion...
     很多大学认为如果学生上课是出于自愿而不是被迫，那么他们学到的东西会更多。
  2. There is already an element of compulsion in existing government schemes for the unemployed.
     政府现行的失业方案已经有点强制的意味了。

英英释义

noun

• using force to cause something to occur
  1. though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
  2. they didn't have to use coercion
  Synonym:coercion
• an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
  1. he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident
  Synonym:irresistible impulse
• an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
  1. her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
  Synonym:obsession

双语例句

• He seemed driven by some mad compulsion.
  他似乎受到某种疯狂的强迫性冲动所驱使。
• Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion
  很多大学认为如果学生上课是出于自愿而不是被迫，那么他们学到的东西会更多。
• For many people, dieting is a compulsion.
  很多人都有实行节食的冲动。
• I will pay nothing under compulsion.
  在强迫之下我分文也不愿付。
• Note: Because cases of compulsion is less ( 12 cases), the correlation analysis is not conducted alone.
  注：强迫动作因出现例数少（12例）未单独作相关分析。
• She felt a sudden compulsion to hit him.
  她突然感到一种难以抗拒的冲动，想要揍他。
• I only learnt Latin under compulsion when I was at school.
  在学校里时，我因被迫才学习了拉丁语。
• Able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint.
  能够任意动作；不受阻碍；不在强迫或者抑制之下。
• His recipe is a combination of insurance-market reform, government subsidies and most important compulsion.
  他的方案结合了保险市场改革，政府补助，以及最为重要的&强制手段。
• It's an empty and ugly compulsion.
  只是一种空洞而又丑陋的冲动。