compulsions

英 [kəmˈpʌlʃənz]

美 [kəmˈpʊlʃənz]

n.  强迫; 强制; (尤指做不道德、愚蠢或危险事的)强烈欲望，冲动
compulsion的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 强烈欲望;(难以克制的)冲动
  Acompulsionis a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
  1. He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run...
     他突然有一种想扔掉水桶撒腿就跑的冲动。
  2. It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer.
     成为作家要有天分，但更要有创作的冲动。
• N-UNCOUNT 强迫;强制
  If someone usescompulsionin 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.
  1. Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion...
     很多大学认为如果学生上课是出于自愿而不是被迫，那么他们学到的东西会更多。
  2. There is already an element of compulsion in existing government schemes for the unemployed.
     政府现行的失业方案已经有点强制的意味了。

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