1、compulsion

強烈欲望;(難以克制的)沖動

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。

It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer.

成為作家要有天分，但更要有創作的沖動。

強迫;強制

Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion.

很多大學認為如果學生上課是出于自愿而不是被迫，那么他們學到的東西會更多。

There is already an element of compulsion in existing government schemes for the unemployed.

政府現行的失業方案已經有點強制的意味了。

2、pretend

假裝；偽裝；裝作

I pretend that things are really okay when they're not.

當情況不好的時候我假裝一切順利。

Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep.

有時這個男孩會假裝睡著了。

（做游戲等時）假裝，假扮，裝扮

She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain.

她可以曬曬太陽，假裝自己是在西班牙。

The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music.

孩子們扮成不同的動物，隨著音樂起舞。

自詡；自稱；自以為

We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us.

我們并不自夸在過去的6年中沒有遇到任何問題。

Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.

在這一次講座中，我不敢自詡能對夢境作透徹的分析。