compulsion

關於compulsion的翻譯

強迫,強制

compulsion definition

1. an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
• examples: he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident
2. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will
• examples: her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
3. using force to cause something to occur
• examples: though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
• examples: they didn't have to use coercion