forcing
present participle offorce
| 单词 | forcing |
| 释义 | forcing present participle offorce force verb[T] uk/fɔːs/us/fɔːrs/forceverb[T](GIVE NO CHOICE)B2 to make somethinghappenor make someone do somethingdifficult,unpleasant, orunusual,especiallybythreateningor notofferingthepossibilityofchoice: [+ to infinitive]I really have to force myselftobeniceto him. [+ to infinitive]You can't force hertomake adecision. Hospitals are being forcedtoclosedepartmentsbecause oflackofmoney. You couldtellhe was having to forcebackthetears(=stophimself fromcrying). I didn'tactuallywantany moredessert, but Julia forced itonme(= made meacceptit). I couldn'tstayattheirflat- I'dfeelas if I was forcing myselfonthem(= making themallowme tostay). You nevertellme how you'refeeling- I have to force itout ofyou(= make youtellme)! biology,food & drinkspecialized Ifplantsorvegetablesare forced, they are made togrowfasterbyartificiallycontrollinggrowingconditionssuch as theamountofheatandlight: forcedstrawberries force a laugh/smile tomanage, withdifficulty, tolaughorsmile: Imanagedto force asmileas they wereleaving. force an/the issue to takeactionto makecertainthat anurgentproblemormatterisdealtwith now: If themanagementwouldn'tlistentotheirdemands, they would have to force theissuebystriking.
Causing somebody to act
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Gardening - general words Laughing and smiling forceverb[T](USE PHYSICAL POWER)C2 to usephysicalstrengthoreffortto make somethingmoveoropen: Moveyourlegupgentlywhen you're doing thisexercise, but don't force it. If you force thezip, it'llbreak. She forced her way through thecrowd. tobreakalock,door,window, etc. inordertoallowsomeone to get in: Iforgotmykey, so I had to force awindow. [+ adj]Thepolicehad forcedopenthedoorbecause nobody hadanswered. Theburglarforcedanentry(=brokeawindow,door, etc. to get into thehouse).
Pushing and shoving
Idiomforcesomeone'shand Examplesofforcingforcing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A popular explanation holds that large green jurisdictions have beenforcingtheir trading partners to trade or ratchet up their regulation. From theCambridge English Corpus Initially, women face changing lifestyles, new and unfamiliar clinical situationsforcingchanged routines. From theCambridge English Corpus The chapter on national and musical identity is interesting, especially in these days of converging multi-national record companiesforcinghomogeneity on the mass market. From theCambridge English Corpus We see world consciousnessforcingits way through outworn institutions. From theCambridge English Corpus It therefore is important thatforcingbulbs be examined carefully and critically very shortly after moving into theforcinghouse. From theCambridge English Corpus Note that all four phases are dated about 50 years apart, consistent with a pattern of solarforcingof drought during periods of cold. From theCambridge English Corpus However, this relative velocity is small compared to that which the red cell experiences in navigating through the microcirculation due to pressureforcing. From theCambridge English Corpus Ifforcingwere added to the second equation rather than to the first, then sample paths would be continuous and differentiable. From theCambridge English Corpus The progressive democratization of local and national politics reinforced this,forcingparties into more specialized and sophisticated techniques of organization. From theCambridge English Corpus The preferred steady solution becomes unstable against time-periodic perturbations a t a higher value of theforcingparameter. From theCambridge English Corpus Steady regimes were observed when theforcingfrequency was gradually increased (at constant wavemaker amplitude), until a sharp transition to a modulated regime occurred. From theCambridge English Corpus Initially, the television screen was covered,forcingthe par ticipants to base their comments solely on the interviewees' voices. From theCambridge English Corpus At higher frequencies, these eddies which formed a t theforcingfrequency were small and quickly lost their identities by coalescence. From theCambridge English Corpus At higher frequencies, these eddies which form a t theforcingfrequency are small and are quickly lost by coalescence. From theCambridge English Corpus If the frequency offorcingterms is comparable to the inertia-gravity wave frequency, then the inertia-gravity wave response will be important. 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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