| 英语单词 | compulsion |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [kəm'pʌlʃn] 美 [kəm'pʌlʃn] |
| 中文释义 | n.强迫;强制;难以抗拒的冲动;(不能克制的)欲望 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I will pay nothing under compulsion. (2) Compulsion will never result in convincing them. (3) John will take his medicine only by compulsion. (4) She felt a sudden compulsion to hit him. (5) Drinking is a compulsion with him. (6) He felt an inner compulsion to write. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 在强迫之下我分文也不愿付。 (2) 强迫永远不会使他们信服。 (3) 只有对他用强制手段约翰才会服药。 (4) 她突然感到一种难以抗拒的冲动,想要揍他。 (5) 喝酒是他克制不住的欲望。 (6) 他感到內心有一种写作的强烈欲望。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Let's say you have a secret. You've promised not to tell, but there's something forcing you to call a friend and spill the beans. This force is compulsion, that urge to do something even though you know you shouldn't. |
| vocabulary扩展 | If you go back to the Latin, you find compulsus, the past participle of the verb compellere, "to compel." You can see the connection with our word compulsion, which means "something compelling." The word gained a more psychological meaning in 1909 in a translation of Freud’s studies, suggesting a type of neurosis that impels a person to do things in an obsessive manner. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]强烈欲望;(难以克制的)冲动 A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control. [oft N to-inf]
2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]强迫;强制 If someone uses compulsion in 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.
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