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Compulsive Drive Psychological Sense 12300.Compulsive 英 Kəm'pʌlsɪv]美 Kəm'pʌlsɪv

正面 12300.compulsive
英 [kəm'pʌlsɪv]美 [kəm'pʌlsɪv]

背面
释义:
adj. 强制的;强迫的
例句:
1. He was a compulsive gambler and often heavily in debt.他嗜赌成癖,常常债台高筑。

1、com- "together" + puls- + -ive.2、字面含义:drive together, drive to one place (of cattle).3、其原始字面含义为:迫使或将其驱赶到一起;后来含义由此引申和一般化,表示广义的、一般意义的强迫、迫使。

compulsive (adj.)c. 1600, from French compulsif, from Latin compulsus, past participle of compellere "to drive together, force, compel" (see compel). Psychological sense is from 1902. As a noun, attested from 1630s; psychological sense from 1957. Related: Compulsively; compulsiveness."

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