| 单词 | duress |
| 释义 | duress noun[U] formaluk/dʒuˈres/us/duːˈres/threatsused toforceapersonto do something: 威胁，胁迫Heclaimedthat hesignedtheconfessionunderduress.他声称自己是在胁迫之下签的供状。 Causing somebody to act
duress| American Dictionaryduress noun[U] us/dʊˈres/threatsused toforceapersonto do something: Hesignedthecontractunder duress. duress| Business Englishduress noun[U] LAWuk/djʊˈres/usthreatsused toforcesomeone to do something: Clarke'sdefenceinvolvedclaimsof duress andallegationshe had beenframedby thepolice. Heclaimedhe had beenactingunder duress. Examplesofduressduress This is not because they think her act is excused byduress, though they may believe that as well. From theCambridge English Corpus Some of the women who remembered seeing other family members regularly recalled that this was out ofduressrather than choice. From theCambridge English Corpus He would, for a start, immediately recognize an attempt to grasp the nature of civic decency under peculiarly modernduress. From theCambridge English Corpus Potential innocence of detainees is one of the strongest arguments againstduressand other state-sanctioned violence one can think of. From theCambridge English Corpus A close examination of one's own individual speaking voice became necessary, whether underduressor in relaxed 'chatting' mode. From theCambridge English Corpus Duressis (in some cases) an excusing condition. From theCambridge English Corpus But given the above, we established that if all of our conditions were fulfilled, the use ofduressor coercion could be morally defended. From theCambridge English Corpus The governor, however, made it clear that he had only done so underduress. From theCambridge English Corpus Or would one have to ask legal experts to devise a list ofduressmeans that could be acceptable? From theCambridge English Corpus Characteristically, cultural change did not represent hispanisation, but rather a mixture of coexisting systems that often emerged without great disruption orduress. From theCambridge English Corpus These tendencies were strongly associated with and rationalised in terms of women's perception of themselves as food providers under theduressof famine. From theCambridge English Corpus A threatened or defeated people may switch to the traits of a new conquering culture, either voluntarily or underduress. From theCambridge English Corpus As long as they are virtuous, they deserve protection, that is, they must not be put underduressin police custody. From theCambridge English Corpus When it comes to preemptive state action, those potentially put underduressare - by definition - innocent. From theCambridge English Corpus Some treatment plans are embraced with real enthusiasm and conviction, others may even be done with misgiving or underduress. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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