compulsion
英 [kəm'pʌlʃ(ə)n]
美 [kəm'pʌlʃən]
助记提示
1、com- "together" + puls- + -ion.
2、字面含义:drive together, drive to one place (of cattle).
3、其原始字面含义为:迫使或将其驱赶到一起;后来含义由此引申和一般化,表示广义的、一般意义的强迫、迫使。
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. You are under no compulsion to pay immediately.
- 没有人强迫你立刻付款。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. They made the prisoners do the work by compulsion.
- 他们强迫囚犯做工.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. Compulsion will never result in convincing them.
- 强迫永远不会使他们信服.
来自《简明英汉词典》