compulsion
英 [k?m'p?l?(?)n]
美 [k?m'p?l??n]
- n. 強(qiáng)制；強(qiáng)迫；強(qiáng)制力
助記提示
1、com- "together" + puls- + -ion.
2、字面含義：drive together, drive to one place (of cattle).
3、其原始字面含義為：迫使或?qū)⑵潋?qū)趕到一起；后來(lái)含義由此引申和一般化，表示廣義的、一般意義的強(qiáng)迫、迫使。
中文詞源
compulsion 強(qiáng)制com-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-puls，推動(dòng)，詞源同pulse, compel.
英文詞源
- compulsion (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French compulsion, from Latin compulsionem (nominative compulsio) "a driving, urging," noun of action from past participle stem of compellere "compel" (see compel). Psychological sense is from 1909 in A.A. Brill's translation of Freud's "Selected Papers on Hysteria," where German Zwangsneurose is rendered as compulsion neurosis.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run.
- 他突然有一種想扔掉水桶撒腿就跑的沖動(dòng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer.
- 成為作家要有天分，但更要有創(chuàng)作的沖動(dòng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. You are under no compulsion to pay immediately.
- 沒(méi)有人強(qiáng)迫你立刻付款。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. They made the prisoners do the work by compulsion.
- 他們強(qiáng)迫囚犯做工.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Compulsion will never result in convincing them.
- 強(qiáng)迫永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)使他們信服.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》