英语词汇“compulsion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	compulsion
释义	com·pul·sion \kəmˈpəlshən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English compulsioun, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French compulsion, from Late Latin compulsion-, compulsio, from Latin compulsus (past participle of compellere to compel) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at compel 1. a. : an act of compelling : a driving by force, power, pressure, or necessity < I do not assert that rational reform can wholly dispense with physical compulsion — J.A.Hobson > < by compulsion of the swirling currents — Mark Twain > < acting under compulsion, not on his own free will > b. : a force or agency that compels < it is a shapeless book and it lacks the compulsion of the best narrative — John Buchan > c. : a condition marked by compelling, by forced action or assent < peonage is service to a private master at which a man is kept by bodily compulsion against his will — O.W.Holmes †1935 > 2. : an irresistible impulse to perform an irrational act the performance of which tends to disturb a neurotic doer but not a psychotic — compare obsession Synonyms: see force
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