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、stick

枯枝;柴枝

people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood.

背著成捆的干樹枝去當薪柴賣的人們

嚴厲的批評;大肆的取笑

It's not motorists who give you the most stick, it's the general public.

對你批評最嚴厲的并不是駕車人，而是普通民眾。

I get some stick from the lads because of my faith but I don't mind.

我由于自己的信仰遭到了伙伴們的取笑，但我不在乎。

偏遠鄉村;邊遠地區

He lived out in the sticks somewhere.

他住在某個偏遠的鄉村。