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com·pul·sion
/kəmˈpʌlʃən/
強迫,強制
From:
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com·pul·sion
/kəmˈpəlʃən/
名詞
強迫性衝動,強迫行為,強迫症
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Com·pul·sion
n.
The
act
of
compelling
,
or
the
state
of
being
compelled
;
the
act
of
driving
or
urging
by
force
or
by
physical
or
moral
constraint
;
subjection
to
force
.
If
reasons
were
as
plentiful
as
blackberries
,
I
would
give
no
man
a
reason
upon
compulsion
.
--
Shak
.
With
what
compulsion
and
laborious
flight
We
sunk
thus
low
. --
Milton
.
Syn:
--
See
Constraint
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
compulsion
n
1:
an
urge
to
do
or
say
something
that
might
be
better
left
undone
or
unsaid
[
syn
:
irresistible impulse
]
2:
an
irrational
motive
for
performing
trivial
or
repetitive
actions
against
your
will
[
syn
:
obsession
]
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
" [
syn
:
coercion
]
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