He is working by compulsion.

他的工作是被迫的。

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John will take his medicine only by compulsion.

只有对他用强制手段约翰才会服药。

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Friendliness is not brought about by compulsion, and to look to compulsion, surely, is not the answer.

强制不会带来友好相处，因此依靠强制不是办法。

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For example, by the way, the compulsion to repeat nasty episodes, - to revisit trauma, and to repeat the unpleasurable-- well, that could just be called masochism, couldn't it?

举个例子，强迫性地重复那些凶的片段，去重温创伤，重复不愉快-,不正是一种性虐待吗？

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