1、compel

強迫;逼迫

the introduction of legislation to compel cyclists to wear a helmet.

強制騎自行車者戴頭盔的法律的出臺

Leonie's mother was compelled to take in washing to help support her family.

利奧妮的媽媽被迫在家替人洗衣服，以貼補家用。

覺得必須(做)

Dickens felt compelled to return to the stage for a final good-bye.

迪肯斯覺得必須返回舞臺作最后的道別。

I felt morally compelled to help.

我覺得從道義上我必須幫忙。

2、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(chuàng)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(xiàn)行的失業(yè)方案已經(jīng)有點強制的意味了。