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

• I refuse to act under compulsion.
  我决不能让人逼着做事。
• He was driven by a compulsion to steal.
  他是被一种冲动所驱使而去偷东西。
• Caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion.
  引起或显示心理上的强迫的。
• 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。
• I will pay nothing under compulsion.
  在强迫之下我分文也不愿付。
• 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。
• John will take his medicine only by compulsion.
  只有对他用强制手段约翰才会服药。
• But there would be no compulsion.
  但安倍不会采取任何强迫的做法。
• There is no compulsion for you to come with us.
  没有人逼你和我们一起来。
• 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。