喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/kəmˈpʌlsəri/強制的；必修的

    If something is compulsory, you must do it. You have no choice, because a law or a rule says so, or because someone in charge tells you to.

    示範例句 · Example

    Maths and English are compulsory for all students at Mei's school.

    逐字數學和英文對美的學校裡所有的學生都是強制的。

    compulsory 講的是「這件事你沒得選，因為上面有規定」。可以想成：有人（法律、學校、老闆）已經替你決定好了，你只要照做。它比 obligatory、mandatory 都日常一些——mandatory 聽起來最硬、最像法律條文，compulsory 是一般人講學校規定、公司規定時最常用的字。相反的一邊是 optional（可以自己選）和 voluntary（自願做的）。

    常見搭配

    • compulsory for somebody

      對某些人來說是必修的、一定要做的

      something that a particular group of people must do

      The morning meeting is compulsory for all the new helpers.

    • compulsory education / compulsory schooling

      義務教育

      the years when children must go to school by law

      Ren finished his last year of compulsory schooling in June.

    • compulsory subject

      必修科目

      a subject every student has to study

      History is a compulsory subject until Year 9.

    • it is compulsory to do something

      規定必須做某件事

      used to state a rule that applies to everyone

      It is compulsory to sign in at the front desk before you go upstairs.

    • compulsory attendance

      強制出席

      a rule that says people must be present

      The notice said there would be compulsory attendance at Friday's rehearsal.

    意思相近

    mandatoryobligatoryrequirednecessary

core核心畫面

A door with only one way through it. Someone else — a law, a rule, a person with authority — has already closed off the other exits, so 'I don't want to' changes nothing about what happens next.

一條被別人先關掉了岔路的走廊：你面前只剩一個出口。決定不是你做的——法律、校規、上面的人已經替你把選項收走了，所以「我不想」在這裡不影響結果，你還是得走那一條。compulsory 描述的正是這種「選擇權不在你手上」的狀態，語氣偏正式，常出現在制度、規定、教育的場合，例如 compulsory education（義務教育）、a compulsory subject（必修科目）。

同家族的字

意思相近

mandatoryobligatoryrequirednecessary

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

compulsoryadj/kəmˈpʌlsəɹi/

  • 1

    Required; obligatory; mandatory.

    • The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.
    • They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries.
  • 2

    Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

    • Such compulsory measures are limited.
    • There will be financial and other incentives to encourage voluntary recruitment, but if that fails to find the numbers a compulsory nationwide call-up will be reconsidered.

compulsorynoun/kəmˈpʌlsəɹi/

  • 1

    Something that is compulsory or required.

    • Delobel and Schoenfelder failed to win the free dance, but they had built a big lead in the compulsories and the original dance.

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