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compulsion
英 [kəm'pʌlʃ(ə)n]
美[kəm'pʌlʃən]
- n. 强制；强迫；强制力
英英释意
- 1. an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
- 2. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will
- 3. using force to cause something;
- "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"
- "they didn`t have to use coercion"