compulsion

1. N-COUNT A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control. 冲动

He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run. 他感到一股突如其来的扔下桶跑掉的冲动。

2. N-UNCOUNT 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. 逼迫

Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion. 很多大学认为学生出于自愿比被逼迫上课能学到更多的东西。