| 单词 | compulsion |
| 释义 | compulsion (once / 1703 pages) 1n 2n 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. 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. WORD FAMILYcompulsion: compulsions+/compel: compelled, compelling, compels, compulsion, compulsive/compelling: compellingly/compulsive: compulsively, compulsiveness, compulsives, compulsivity USAGE EXAMPLESOlder titles include such favorites as “Beverly Hills Cop” and “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” and the classic drama “Compulsion” with Orson Welles. Seattle Times(Nov 28, 2016) The problem, he continued, “is when the compulsion doesn’t achieve its purpose.” The New Yorker(Nov 22, 2016) The latest collision between the glorious variety of humanity and the dreary compulsion to split it into opposing pairs is in our attitude to gender. The Guardian(Nov 13, 2016) 1 n using force to cause something to occur 2though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game Syn|Hypo|Hyper coercion constructive eviction, eviction action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved causation, causing the act of causing something to happen 1n an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly Syn|Hypo|Hyper obsession onomatomania obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness irrational motive a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic 2n an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident Syn|Hyper irresistible impulse irrational impulse a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation |
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