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BNC: 9770 COCA: 12079

compulsion

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com·pul·sion /kəmˈpʌlʃən/ noun
1  [countableC]WANT a strong and unreasonable desire to do something 〔難以克制的〕強烈欲望，沖動 → compel
The desire to laugh became a compulsion.
想笑的欲望變得控制不住了。
compulsion to do something
Leith felt an overwhelming compulsion to tell him the truth.
利思感到一陣強烈的沖動，想把實情告訴他。
the compulsion to smoke or eat too much
想要吸煙或暴飲暴食的強烈欲望
2  [singular, uncountableU]FORCE somebody TO DO something the act of forcing or influencing someone to do something they do not want to do 強迫，強制 → compel
under (no) compulsion to do something
Owners are under no compulsion to sell their land.
不得強迫業主出售土地。
The use of compulsion in psychiatric care cannot be justified.
在精神病治療中使用強制手段是不正當的。
Examples from the Corpus
compulsion• Compulsion is not the answer to get kids to perform better in school.• But she also felt a compulsion to talk to Louise.• The patient had a compulsion that caused him to wash his hands 20 or 30 times a day.• The bad was the pervasive and inevitable corruption of morals and manners that accompanied such a compulsion for the luxurious.• It was a compulsion I'd starved for, and even if I never went hungry again I would feel that compulsion for ever.• Here, ... we are dealing with a compulsion of students to declare a belief.• People may develop compulsions such as excessive cleaning or counting.• There is no compulsion on the farmer to provide education at all.• No compulsion would have been necessary.• He felt a sudden compulsion to laugh out loud.• The compulsion to return may be strong, but the obstacles are huge.
compulsion to do something• If anything, Letterman thinks, these women have a compulsion to reach a higher plane of conversation that strains credulity.• He was a voracious reader with a compulsion to finish everything he started.• A compulsion to ride in glass elevators in Marriott hotels.• But some kind of late-blooming compulsion to be honest is making it harder for me to stay under cover.• Burnout often results from a neurotic compulsion to give it all away.• When he was around I felt no compulsion to bind myself to people in this terrible, demanding way.• An alternative view, however, suggests that enlightened self-interest is more likely than regulatory compulsion to bring about truly sustainable activities.• I had felt the lure of the unexplored, the compulsion to go where others had not been.
Origin compulsion
(1300-1400) Old French Late Latin compulsio, from Latin compellere; → COMPEL
com·pul·sion noun
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BNC: 9770 COCA: 12079
compulsion

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF COMPULSION | VERB + COMPULSION | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤strange奇怪的強迫心理▸➤inner內心的衝動... OF COMPULSION➤element (BrE) 強迫的成分◇There is an element of compulsion in the new plan for the unemployed.新的失業方案有強迫的成分在裏面。VERB + COMPULSION➤feel, have感到衝動；有衝動欲望◇He felt an inner compulsion to write.他感到內心有一種想要寫作的衝動。PREPOSITION➤under compulsion被迫◇You are under no compulsion to disclose this information.沒有人強制你披露這一信息。PHRASES➤there is no compulsion沒有強制要求◇There is no compulsion to say anything.沒有規定一定要說什麼。
BNC: 9770 COCA: 12079
compulsion noun
⇨ desire (feel a great compulsion to do sth) ⇨ pressure 2 (You are under no compulsion.)
BNC: 9770 COCA: 12079
compulsion
Habits and habitual behaviour: habit, routine, daily life...
Responsibilities and responsibility: accountability, responsibility, obligation...

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