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

Collins.1 / BNC.9770 / COCA.12079

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

• 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。
• China, by contrast, lacks such ideological compulsion.
  相比之下，中国缺少这样的意识形态冲动。
• A promise made under compulsion is of no force.
  在强迫下作出的承诺是没有约束力的。
• Thus he used his neutral charm, rather than a compulsion, to bind her loyalty to him.
  因此莫恩多并未强迫，而是使用他天生的魅力来束缚她对她的忠诚。
• Allotment without compulsion& this is not commandism.
  摊派而不强迫，不是命令主义。
• John will take his medicine only by compulsion.
  只有对他用强制手段约翰才会服药。
• 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。
• In the world of compulsion and denial, no behaviour is innocent.
  在一个充满强迫和自制的世界里，没有什么行为是纯粹的。
• 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。
• I seem to have a constant compulsion to eat.
  我似乎经常有想吃东西的冲动。