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单词 coerce
释义
coerce
verb[T]
formal
uk
/kəʊˈɜːs/us
/koʊˈɝːs/
topersuadesomeoneforcefullyto do something that they areunwillingto do:
强制，强迫；威逼，胁迫
Thecourtheardthat the sixdefendantshad been coercedintomaking aconfession.法庭在审理中发现6名被告曾受到逼供。
Synonyms
force
pressureUS
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing somebody to act
  • arm-twisting
  • bludgeon
  • bounce
  • bouncesomeoneintosomething
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • forcibly
  • holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
  • impel
  • impose
  • jolt
  • railroad
  • ramsomethingintosomeone
  • reduce
  • reducesomeonetosomething
  • reimpose
  • reimposition
  • slap
  • squeeze
  • trap
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Urging & persuading
(Definition ofcoercefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

coerce| American Dictionary

coerce
verb[T]
us
/koʊˈɜrs/
topersuadesomeoneforcefullyto do something that he or she may notwantto do:
I don’tthinkanybody should be coerced intoleaving.

coercion

noun[U]us
/koʊˈɜr·ʃən/
They usedthreatsand coercion tokeeptheothersinline.

coercive

adjectiveus
/koʊˈɜr·sɪv/
coercivethreats/governments
(Definition ofcoercefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcoerce

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It is a rather elegant tool one can use to engage in social activities and share ideas or perhapscoerceothers to share their toys.
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Nevertheless, he believed that in order to make such an inference ' respectable ', he had tocoerceit into the straightjacket of the syllogistic formula.
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The point to be emphasized here is that such insight and understanding cannot be coerced or instilled by forcibly imposed punishment.
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For others, such voluntary or coerced use of equity will not be such an issue.
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The same strong coercion can be used to make this possible, with a module that contains two types, one coerced to each.
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We need a preliminary fact about proofs for the case in which a node labeled (coerce) follows a node labeled (abs).
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The legitimization is a kind of coercion, but some stretches in this speech are strategically designed predominantly tocoerce.
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Conversions after this date would be declared void in order to minimize the incentives the bands would have in coercing the population during the census.
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Of course, proponents of the limited right to do wrong might argue that this sort of (derived) positive obligation can be coerced.
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There was little a planter could do tocoercethe contractor to minimize the risk of shirking.
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A different view is that one is only "coerced" when, in addition, the pressure involves the actual or threatened violation of one's rights.
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Clearly, one cannot successfullycoerceany individual into becoming an active, effective, nurturant parent.
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While some extrinsic activities are clearly coerced, others are done choicefully and are grounded in self-accepted values and beliefs.
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The example shows how the semantics of the middle construction can 'coerce' a particular reading of the verb.
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Therefore, the typing may be proved without using rule (coerce).
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