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compulsion ? / k?m?p?l?n; k?mˋp?l??n/ n ~ (to do sth) 1 [U] compelling or being compelled 强迫; 强制; 被迫: I refuse to act under compulsion, ie because I am forced to. 我决不能让人逼着做事. * You need feel under no compulsion to accept, ie do not have to accept. 你不必勉强接受. [C] urge (esp to behave in an irrational way) that one cannot resist （不能克制的）慾望, 冲动, 要求（尤指不合情理的行为）: a compulsion to destroy things 毁物慾. should have done只用于谈论过去情况，主要有两个用法： ■用于推测过去已经发生的情况。如： He should have arrived by now.?此时他本该到了。 用于指本该发生而实际上未发生的情况。如： You should have told me so before.?你早就应该告诉我。 would have done:本应该那样做却没有做would not have done：本不应该做的事却做了多数情况下用于虚拟语气中． other than 不同于,除了,与…不同；与…不同方式There’s nobody here other than me.除了我这里没别人.You can’t get there other than by swimming.你只能靠游泳游到那边去.rather than 用来表示“是...而不是...”,通常连接两个并列成分eg:He is an artist rather than a philosopher.他是位艺术家而不是位哲学家. set `off begin (a journey, race, etc) 开始（旅行﹑ 赛跑等）: What time are you planning to set off tomorrow? 你打算明天几点钟启程? * Theyve set off on a journey round the world. 他们已经开始环游世界. * If you want to catch that train wed better set off for the station immediately. 你要是想赶上那班火车, 咱们就最好马上动身去火车站. set sth off (a) cause (a bomb, mine, etc) to explode 使（炸弹﹑ 地雷等）爆炸: Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark could set them off. 这些烟火要格外小心, 稍有火星就能引起爆炸. (b) cause or prompt sth 引起或激发某事物: Panic on the stock market set off a wave of selling. 股票市场上人心惶惶, 掀起抛售浪潮. (c) make sth appear more attractive by contrast （通过对比）使某事物更有吸引力: That jumper sets off the blue of her eyes. 在这件毛衣衬托下, 她眼睛的蓝色显得更漂亮了. set sb off (doing sth) cause sb to start (doing sth) 使某人开始做（某事物）: Dont set him off talking politics or hell go on all evening. 可别让他谈起政治来, 要不然他一谈就得一个晚上. * Her imitations always set me off (laughing). 她模仿别人的动作, 每次都把我逗得哈哈大笑. duck 2 ? / d?k; d?k/ v [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] move (esp ones head) down quickly, to avoid being seen or hit 迅速低下（尤指头）（以免被看见或被打中）: I saw the gun and ducked under the window. 我见到枪就迅速俯在窗下. * Duck your head down! 低下头! [Tn, Tn.pr] push