compulsion

英 [kəm'pʌlʃn] 美 [kəm'pʌlʃn]

• n. 强迫；强制；难以抗拒的冲动；（不能克制的）欲望

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 强迫
2. 强制
3. 冲动
4. 【心】强迫作用
5. 打动人的力量
6. 强制力
7. 【心】难抗拒的冲动
8. 强迫力
9. 迫切
10. 天大的力量
11. 强烈欲望
12. 被迫
13. 欲望
14. 要求
15. 难以抗拒的冲动

英英释义

Noun:

1. an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid;

   "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
   

2. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will;

   "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
   

3. using force to cause something to occur;

   "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"
   "they didn't have to use coercion"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I will pay nothing under compulsion.
   在强迫之下我分文也不愿付。
2. Compulsion will never result in convincing them.
   强迫永远不会使他们信服。
3. John will take his medicine only by compulsion.
   只有对他用强制手段约翰才会服药。
4. 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。
5. Drinking is a compulsion with him.
   喝酒是他克制不住的欲望。
6. He felt an inner compulsion to write.
   他感到內心有一种写作的强烈欲望。

经典引文

• The tribute..would not be forthcoming except on compulsion.

  出自： T. Lewin

词汇搭配

• under compulsion 被迫地
• non-economic compulsion 非经济强制
• on compulsion 被迫(不得不)...
• repetition compulsion 强迫性复现症,重复强...
• upon compulsion 被迫地

近反义词

【近义词】

• obligation 义务
• impulse 冲动
• coercion 强迫
• force 武力
• pressure 压强
• duress 强迫
• urge 驱策
• oppression 压抑
• desire 渴望
• necessity 需要
• craving 渴望
• constraint 约束
• need 需要
• irresistible impulse 不可抗拒的冲动...
• obsession 困扰

【反义词】

• liberty 自由
• freedom 自由