1. 強烈欲望;(難以克制的)沖動(dòng) A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
e.g. He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run... 他突然有一種想扔掉水桶撒腿就跑的沖動(dòng)。 e.g. It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer. 成為作家要有天分，但更要有創(chuàng )作的沖動(dòng)。
2. 強迫;強制 If someone uses compulsion in order to get you to do something, they force you to do it, for example by threatening to punish you if you do not do it.
e.g. Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion... 很多大學(xué)認為如果學(xué)生上課是出于自愿而不是被迫，那么他們學(xué)到的東西會(huì )更多。 e.g. There is already an element of compulsion in existing government schemes for the unemployed. 政府現行的失業(yè)方案已經(jīng)有點(diǎn)強制的意味了。
compulsion英英釋義
noun
1. using force to cause something to occur
e.g. though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game they didn't have to use coercion
Synonym: coercion
2. an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
e.g. he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident
Synonym: irresistible impulse
3. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will