compulsive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

com·pul·sive BrE [kəmˈpʌlsɪv] NAmE [kəmˈpʌlsɪv] adjective
1. (of behaviour)that is difficult to stop or control
•compulsive eating/spending/gambling
2. (of people)not being able to control their behaviour
•a compulsive drinker/gambler/liar
3. that makes you pay attention to it because it is so interesting and exciting
•The programme made compulsive viewing.
Derived Word: ↑compulsively

Word Origin:
[compulsive compulsively] late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘compulsory’): from medieval Latin compulsivus, from compuls- ‘driven, forced’, from the verb compellere, from com- ‘together’ + pellere ‘drive’. Sense 1 (originally a term in psychology) dates from the early 20th cent.

Example Bank:
•He was a compulsive gambler.
•His family had been unaware of his compulsive gambling.
•She went through periods of compulsive overeating.
•The accused had a compulsive urge to drive at excessive speed.
•The book offers advice and help for compulsive eaters.
•We are able to put compulsive spenders in touch with debt counsellors.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  determined, driven