1、compulsion

强烈欲望;(难以克制的)冲动

He felt a sudden compulsion to drop the bucket and run.

他突然有一种想扔掉水桶撒腿就跑的冲动。

It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer.

成为作家要有天分，但更要有创作的冲动。

强迫;强制

Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion.

很多大学认为如果学生上课是出于自愿而不是被迫，那么他们学到的东西会更多。

There is already an element of compulsion in existing government schemes for the unemployed.

政府现行的失业方案已经有点强制的意味了。

2、stick

枯枝;柴枝

people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood.

背着成捆的干树枝去当薪柴卖的人们

严厉的批评;大肆的取笑

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

对你批评最严厉的并不是驾车人，而是普通民众。

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们的取笑，但我不在乎。

偏远乡村;边远地区

He lived out in the sticks somewhere.

他住在某个偏远的乡村。