Compulsion
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- n. 强迫; 难以抗拒的冲动
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun
- Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French, from Late Latin compulsion-, compulsio, from Latin compellere to compel
- Date: 15th century
- 1.
- a. an act of compelling ; the state of being compelled
- b. a force that compels
- 2. an irresistible persistent impulse to perform an act (as excessive hand washing); also the act itself
