compulsion 详细解释

compulsion

[kəm'pʌlʃən]

n.强迫, 强制, 难以抗拒的冲动, (不能克制的)欲望

n.

1. (被)强迫, (被)强制[U][+to-v]

John will take his medicine only by compulsion.

只有对他用强制手段约翰才会服药。

2. 强制力, 强迫力[U]

3. 【心】强迫作用(一种难以抵制的冲动)[C][+to-v]

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。

词形变化

名词复数:compulsions

词义辨析

同义参见:

oppression  impulse  necessity  obligation  constraint  

反义:

n.强制, 强迫

freedom  liberty  

英英释义

名词 compulsion:

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

同义词:irresistible impulse

an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

同义词:obsession

using force to cause something

同义词:coercion

补充

compulsioncompulsion英:[kəmˈpʌlʃən] 美:[kəmˈpʌlʃən]n.1.强迫, 被迫2.欲望, 冲动, 要求

例句

1. Students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion.学生自愿上课比被逼上课学到的更多。 2. There was no compulsion on employers to take part in the scheme.并不强制雇主加入该计划。 3. These answers were given by the respondent under compulsion in his bankruptcy proceedings.这些回答是被告在破产诉讼中被迫做出的。 4. Parliament has made evidence obtained under compulsion inadmissible.议会已经认定经逼迫取得的证据无效。 5. It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer.成就一个作家的是强烈的写作欲望, 而不是天赋。 6. a lonely, depressed man driven by a compulsion to win一个一心想赢、郁郁寡欢的人 7. He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run.他突然冲动地想要扔掉水桶拔腿就跑。 8. the payment was made under compulsion.支付是被强制执行的。 9. he felt a compulsion to babble on about what had happened.他感到一种无法抗拒的冲动迫使他把所发生的事情糊里糊涂地说出来。 10. There is no compulsion to take part. You can decide yourself.不是强迫参加的,你可以自行决定。 11. I gave in to one of my compulsions and ordered the chocolate dessert.我抑制不住强烈的欲望,还是点了巧克力甜点。 12. He felt a compulsion to say something.他有想说点什么的冲动。 13. We should be able to get them to cooperate without using compulsion.我们应该可以不使用强制手段就让他们合作。 14. legal compulsion法律强制力 15. He was acting under compulsion. [=he was being forced to act]他当时那样做是被迫的。 16. Their children read only under compulsion. [=only when they are forced]他们的孩子们只有被逼着才肯读书。 17. We are under no compulsion to decide immediately. [=we are not required to decide immediately]没有人逼我们马上做决定。