1 VERB 强迫;强制 If someone forces you to do something, they make you do it even though you do not want to, for example by threatening you. 强迫;强制
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He was charged with abducting a taxi driver and forcing him to drive a bomb to Downing Street. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
他被控劫持一名出租车司机并强迫他开车把一颗炸弹送到唐宁街。
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He was forced to resign by Russia's conservative parliament. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
他在俄罗斯保守议会的压力下被迫辞职。
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I cannot force you in this. You must decide. [VERB noun]
在这件事上我不能强迫你。你必须自己决定。
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They were grabbed by three men who appeared to force them into a car. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
他们被 3 名男子强行塞进一辆车里。
2 VERB 迫使;使必须 If a situation or event forces you to do something, it makes it necessary for you to do something that you would not otherwise have done. 迫使;使必须
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A back injury forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
背部受伤使她不得不退出温布尔登赛事。
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He turned right, down a dirt road that forced him into four-wheel drive. [V n + into/to/out of]
他右转弯，开到了一条土路上，不得不以四轮驱动行进。
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She finally was forced to the conclusion that she wouldn't get another paid job in her field. [be V-ed + into/to/out of]
她最后被迫得出结论:在这一行里不会再有人出钱雇她。
3 VERB 把…强加给 If someone forces something on or upon you, they make you accept or use it when you would prefer not to. 把…强加给
SYN impose, foist
4 VERB 用力使…移动 If you force something into a particular position, you use a lot of strength to make it move there. 用力使…移动
SYN push, thrust, propel
5 VERB 强行打开(锁、门等) If someone forces a lock, a door, or a window, they break the lock or fastening in order to get into a building without using a key. 强行打开(锁、门等)
SYN break open, blast, wrench, prise
6 N-UNCOUNT 暴力;武力 If someone uses force to do something, or if it is done by force, strong and violent physical action is taken in order to achieve it. 暴力;武力
7 N-UNCOUNT 力量;力气;威力 Force is the power or strength which something has. 力量;力气;威力
8 N-COUNT 力量;影响力 If you refer to someone or something as a force in a particular type of activity, you mean that they have a strong influence on it. 力量;影响力
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For years the army was the most powerful political force in the country. [+ in]
多年来，军队一直是这个国家最强大的政治力量。
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The band are still as innovative a force in British music as they were when they started.
这支乐队一如他们刚刚组建时那样是英国音乐界的一支创新力量。
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One of the driving forces behind this recent expansion is the growth of services. [+ behind]
最近的这次经济扩张背后的主要推动力量之一是服务业的增长。
SYN agency [old-fashioned] , means, power, medium
9 N-UNCOUNT 影响力;威力;势力 The force of something is the powerful effect or quality that it has. 影响力;威力;势力
SYN influence, power, effect, authority
10 N-COUNT [usually plural] 自然力;非人力 You can use forces to refer to processes and events that do not appear to be caused by human beings, and are therefore difficult to understand or control. 自然力;非人力
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...the protection of mankind against the forces of nature: epidemics, predators, floods, hurricanes. [+ of]
保护人类抵御自然力—传染病、食肉动物、洪水和飓风
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The principle of market forces was applied to some of the country's most revered institutions.
市场运作的规律被应用到该国某些最具影响力的机构。
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Is it really the Holy Spirit moving me, or is it some evil force?
真的是圣灵使我移动了，抑或是什么邪恶力量作祟？
11 N-VAR (物理学上的)力 In physics, a force is the pulling or pushing effect that something has on something else. (物理学上的)力
12 N-UNCOUNT (置于数字前表示风力的)级数 Force is used before a number to indicate a wind of a particular speed or strength, especially a very strong wind. (置于数字前表示风力的)级数
13 VERB 勉强做出(微笑等) If you force a smile or a laugh, you manage to smile or laugh, but with an effort because you are unhappy. 勉强做出(微笑等)
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Joe forced a smile, but underneath he was a little disturbed. [VERB noun]
乔强颜欢笑，但内心里感到有些不安。
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'Why don't you offer me a drink?' he asked, with a forced smile. [VERB-ed]
“为什么不请我喝一杯？”他问道，勉强笑了笑。
14 N-COUNT [usually plural] 军事力量;兵力 Forces are groups of soldiers or military vehicles that are organized for a particular purpose. 军事力量;兵力
15 N-PLURAL 军队(指陆海空三军之一或三军) The forces means the army, the navy, or the air force, or all three. 军队(指陆海空三军之一或三军)
16 N-SING 警察机关;警察部门 The force is sometimes used to mean the police force. 警察机关;警察部门
17See also:air force armed forces labour force peacekeeping task force tour de force workforce
18 PHRASE [PHRASE n] 由于;迫于;通过…手段 If something happens by force of a particular quality, action, or set of circumstances, it happens because of the nature or intensity of that quality, action, or set of circumstances. 由于;迫于;通过…手段
19 PHRASE 习惯使然;出于习惯 If you do something from force of habit, you do it because you have always done it in the past, rather than because you have thought carefully about it. 习惯使然;出于习惯
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He looked around from force of habit, but nobody paid any attention to him.
他出于习惯环顾四周，但是没人注意他。
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Unconsciously, by force of habit, she plugged the coffee pot in.
下意识地，她习惯性地把咖啡壶的插头插上了。
20 PHRASE (法律、规定或体系)在实施，生效 A law, rule, or system that is in force exists or is being used. (法律、规定或体系)在实施，生效
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Although the new tax is already in force, you have until November to lodge an appeal.
尽管新的税法已经生效，你需要等到 12 月才能提出上诉。
SYN valid, working, current, effective
21 PHRASE 大规模地;大量 When people do something in force, they do it in large numbers. 大规模地;大量
22 PHR-RECIP 联合;联手;合力 If you join forces with someone, you work together in order to achieve a common aim or purpose. 联合;联手;合力
23 PHRASE 挤进;闯出;强行通过 If you force your way through or into somewhere, you have to push or break things that are in your way in order to get there. 挤进;闯出;强行通过
24 to force someone's hand→see: hand
25 PHRASAL VERB 强忍,忍住(情感或欲望) If you force back an emotion or desire, you manage, with an effort, not to experience it. 强忍,忍住(情感或欲望)
Phrasal verbs: - force back
Quotations
Force without reason falls of its own weight Horace Odes
There is no real force without justice Napoleon Maxims
Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a manoeuvre, a blow with an agreement Leon Trotsky What Next?
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe John Milton Paradise Lost
Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it Simone Weil The Iliad or the Poem of Force
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | force Also look up: |
| VERB. | coerce, make 1 2 push, thrust 4 break in, break open 5 |
| N. | energy, pressure, strength 6 7 |
| Word Partnership | Use force with: |
| VERB. | force to resign 1 2 |
| ADJ. | excessive force, necessary force 6 driving force, powerful force 6 7 full force 12 enemy forces, military forces 14 15 |
| N. | use of force 6 7 force of gravity 11 force a smile 13 |
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