com·pul·sion /kəmˈpʌlʃən/
強迫,強制
com·pul·sion /kəmˈpəlʃən/ 名詞
強迫性衝動,強迫行為,強迫症
Com·pul·sion n. The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. --Shak.
With what compulsion and laborious flight
We sunk thus low. --Milton.
Syn: -- See Constraint.
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compulsion
n 1: an urge to do or say something that might be better left
undone or unsaid [syn: irresistible impulse]
2: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive
actions against your will [syn: obsession]
3: using force to cause something; "though pressed into rugby
under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn`t
have to use coercion" [syn: coercion]