PHRASAL VERB [usually passive] 迫使…接受;把…强加于;强人所难 If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it. 迫使…接受;把…强加于;强人所难
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Why has such sadness been thrust upon us?. [be VERB-ed PREP.]
我们为什么要遭这份罪?
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She had not wanted to be Queen, but the role was thrust upon her. [be VERB-ed PREP. noun]
她本来不想当女王的,但还是被迫接受了这一身份。
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. [have n V-ed P n]
有人生来伟大,有人成就伟大,有人被迫伟大。
SYN impose upon, force upon, inflict upon, press upon