释义
[ kuh m-puhl -suh -ree ] SHOW IPA
/ kəmˈpʌl sə ri / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
using compulsion; compelling; constraining: compulsory measures to control rioting.
noun, plural com·pul·so·ries. something, as an athletic feat, that must be performed or completed as part of a contest or competition: The ice skater received a higher score on the compulsories than on her freestyle performance.
Origin of compulsory 1510–20; <Medieval Latin compulsōrius, equivalent to Latin compul-, variant stem of compellere (see compel) + -sōrius, for -tōrius -tory1 ; cf. compulsive
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OTHER WORDS FROM compulsory com·pul·so·ri·ly, adverb com·pul·so·ri·ness, noun non·com·pul·so·ri·ly, adverb non·com·pul·so·ri·ly·ness, noun
non·com·pul·so·ry, adjective qua·si-com·pul·so·ri·ly, adverb qua·si-com·pul·so·ry, adjective un·com·pul·so·ry, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for compulsory They had three years together before Ziad left to do his compulsory military service, leaving on her birthday, April 4, 2001.
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It is compulsory to note in every Kansas story that “the race may decide who controls the Senate.”
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Compulsory dues translate into many tens of millions of dollars in political contributions to Democrats.
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Education, while highly regarded here, is only compulsory through middle school.
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Crop insurance does not cover losses of livestock, but it is compulsory for most farmers.
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The sense of the word as implying a compulsory service is shown in the Vulgate of Matt.
The English Village Community | Frederic Seebohm
First, that attendance was not compulsory ; and next, that it was too advanced for the state of society in the island.
He concurred in the opinion of the Postmaster-General, and thought the principle of compulsory registration quite fair.
Her Majesty's Mails | William Lewins
The fact of compulsory education created a proletariat able and willing to read.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
For a time, there should be no compulsory teaching to read and write at all.
Fantasia of the Unconscious | D. H. Lawrence
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British Dictionary definitions for compulsory adjective required by regulations or laws; obligatory compulsory education
involving or employing compulsion; compelling; necessary; essential
Derived forms of compulsory compulsorily , adverb compulsoriness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to compulsory forced, mandatory, required, obligatory, imperative, de rigueur, imperious, necessary, requisite