| 单词 | compulsion |
| 释义 | compulsion (kəmpʌlʃən ) Word forms: compulsions 1. countable noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive] A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control. He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run. It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer. Synonyms: urge, need, obsession, necessity 2. uncountable noun 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. Students learn more when they were in class out of choice rather than compulsion. There is already an element of compulsion in existing government schemes for the unemployed. Synonyms: force, pressure, obligation, constraint Collocations: feel a compulsion They feel a compulsion to forge their own path, to take control of their destiny. Times,Sunday Times I did not ever feel the compulsion to take school 'seriously' and was quite proud of getting bad grades. The Sun Even romantics no longer feel the compulsion to walk down the aisle. Times, Sunday Times On a pure numbers game, there are going to be many shattered hopes, whether clubs feel a compulsion to blood their own or not. Times, Sunday Times Some people feel the compulsion to mimic what they hear or see. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 冲动 Japanese: 衝動 |
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