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单词 compulsion
释义
compulsion
noun
uk
/kəmˈpʌl.ʃən/us
/kəmˈpʌl.ʃən/

compulsionnoun(WANT)

[C]
a verystrongfeelingofwantingto do somethingrepeatedlythat isdifficulttocontrol:
强烈冲动；强烈欲望，难以抗拒的欲望
For manypeople,dietingis a compulsion.许多人都有节食的冲动。
[+ to infinitive]Iseemtohaveaconstantcompulsiontoeat.我好像总有想吃东西的欲望。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feelings of desire
  • appetite
  • caprice
  • carnality
  • covetousness
  • craving
  • dream
  • drive
  • get itchy feetidiom
  • hankering
  • hunger
  • impulse buy
  • impulse buying
  • longing
  • urge
  • vaulting
  • whim
  • whimsy
  • wish
  • yearning
  • yen
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compulsionnoun(FORCE)

[SorU]
aforcethat makes you do something:
强迫力，强制力
Heseemsto bedrivenby somekindofinnercompulsion.他似乎受到某种内在力量的驱使。
[+ to infinitive]We wereunder nocompulsiontoattend.我们并不是非要去参加不可。
Don'tfeelunder anycompulsiontotake me with you.你不必非要勉强带我跟你一起去。
See also
compel
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing somebody to act
  • arm-twisting
  • bludgeon
  • bounce
  • bouncesomeoneintosomething
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
  • impel
  • impose
  • jolt
  • kick
  • railroad
  • reduce
  • reducesomeonetosomething
  • reimpose
  • reimposition
  • screw
  • slap
  • squeeze
  • trap
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(Definition ofcompulsionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

compulsion| American Dictionary

compulsion
noun
us
/kəmˈpʌl·ʃən/
[C/U]
aforcethat makes you do something:
[U]Managementfeltno compulsion toprovidehousingforfamilies.
(Definition ofcompulsionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcompulsion

compulsion
None of which is to deny that legal compulsions and prohibitions are sometimes justified and even desirable.
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Increasing urbanisation due to migration and the compulsions of the city have further weakened the family.
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One proband (2 %) had obsessions only, twelve (21 %) had compulsions only, and forty-four (77 %) had both obsessions and compulsions.
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Obsessive - compulsive disorder consists of repetitive intrusive thoughts (obsessions) or behaviors (compulsions).
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However, specific categories of obsessions and compulsions were collapsed into more general categories to make this module less lengthy to administer.
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First, an individual's relationship with 'saints' is often determined primarily by social context rather than simply by doctrinal allegiance or the compulsions of particular 'beliefs'.
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By contrast, positive liberty revolves around internal constraints that inhibit freedom such as addictions, fears, and compulsions.
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The electoral, if not political, compulsions of a democracy cannot be set aside for long.
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Of note, 9 of the 12 patients had obsessions related to numbers or counting compulsions.
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The essentialism implicit in compulsion's challenge is misguided, and, in fact, actually existing political orders come far closer to that demanded by liberal norms than might be supposed.
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The only exception to this was that by study convention we did not exclude subjects who felt there might be some rational basis for their obsessions or compulsions.
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The most compulsivecompulsion, the mastercompulsion, is thecompulsionto appropriate one's own expropriation.
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The language was that of co-operation, notcompulsion.
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He praised the energetic and scolded the slack; and competition for honour proved as effective ascompulsion.
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Comorbidity of anxiety, phobia, compulsions and depression.
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