compulsion
noun /kəmˈpʌlʃn/
/kəmˈpʌlʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] (formal) strong pressure that makes somebody do something that they do not want to do
强迫；强制 - compulsion (to do something) You are under no compulsion to pay immediately.
没有人强迫你立刻付款。 - compulsion (on somebody) to do something There are no compulsions on students to attend classes.
没有强求学生上课。 - The legal system is based on compulsion.
法律制度是以强制为基础的。
- There is an element of compulsion in the new plan for the unemployed.
新的失业方案有强迫的成分在里面。 - There is no compulsion to say anything.
没有规定一定要说什么。 - You are under no compulsion to disclose this information.
没有人强制你披露这一信息。 - You're under no compulsion to take part.
没有规定你必须参加。 - Although there was no legal compulsion, the moral obligation to pay was strong.
虽然没有法律强制，但支付的道德义务是强烈的。 - The use of compulsion in psychiatric care is a controversial issue.
精神病治疗中强制的使用是一个有争议的问题。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strange
- inner
- element
- feel
- have
- under compulsion
- there is no compulsion
- compulsion (to do something) You are under no compulsion to pay immediately.
- [countable] compulsion (to do something) a strong desire to do something, especially something that is wrong, silly or dangerous
（尤指做不正确、愚蠢或危险事的）强烈欲望，冲动 - 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。 - Obsessions and compulsions often develop in people who live stressful lives.
生活压力大的人常常会产生痴迷和易于冲动。 - He felt a great compulsion to drive too fast.
他感到一股想超速飙车的强烈冲动。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strange
- inner
- element
- feel
- have
- under compulsion
- there is no compulsion
see also compel - He felt a great compulsion to tell her everything.
词源late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin compulsio(n-), from compellere ‘to drive, force’, from com- ‘together’ + pellere ‘drive’.