| 单词 | force |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[fɔ:s] 美[fɔrs] |
| 解释 | n.力;武力;(社会)势力;魄力;vt.强迫;强行;促使,推动;强奸; |
| 例句 | 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. 例:He was charged with abducting a taxi driver and forcing him to drive a bomb to Downing Street...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。 例:He was forced to resign by Russia's conservative parliament...他在俄罗斯保守议会的压力下被迫辞职。 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. 例:A back injury forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon...背部受伤使她不得不退出温布尔登赛事。 例:He turned right, down a dirt road that forced him into four-wheel drive...他右转弯,开到了一条土路上,不得不以四轮驱动行进。 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. 例:To force this agreement on the nation is wrong.把这份协定强加给这个国家是错误的。 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. 例:They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her.他们用力把她的头按到冰冷的水中,想淹死她。 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. 例:That evening police forced the door of the flat and arrested Mr Roberts...那一晚,警察强行打开公寓大门,逮捕了罗伯茨先生。 例:He tried to force the window open but it was jammed shut.他试图破窗而入,但是窗户卡死了。 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. 例:The government decided against using force to break-up the demonstrations.政府决定不使用暴力驱散示威人群。 例:...the guerrillas' efforts to seize power by force.游击队使用武力夺取政权的努力 N-UNCOUNT 力量;力气;威力 Force is the power or strength which something has. 例:The force of the explosion shattered the windows of several buildings...爆炸的冲力震碎了几栋楼房的玻璃窗。 例:It looked as though the storm had an awful lot of force.看上去暴风雨来势汹汹。 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. 例:For years the army was the most powerful political force in the country...多年来,军队一直是这个国家最强大的政治力量。 例: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。 N-UNCOUNT 影响力;威力;势力 The force of something is the powerful effect or quality that it has. 例:He changed our world through the force of his ideas...他通过自己观念的力量改变了我们的世界。 例:Perhaps your force of argument might have made some difference.或许是你的雄辩使情况发生了变化。 N-COUNT 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. 例:...the protection of mankind against the forces of nature: epidemics, predators, floods, hurricanes...保护人类抵御自然力——传染病、食肉动物、洪水和飓风 例: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。 N-VAR (物理学上的)力 In physics, a force is the pulling or pushing effect that something has on something else. 例:...the earth's gravitational force.地球的重力 例:...protons and electrons trapped by magnetic forces in the Van Allen belts.范艾伦辐射带的磁力俘获的质子和电子 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. 例:The airlift was conducted in force ten winds...空运在 10 级大风中进行。 例:Northerly winds will increase to force six by midday.到中午时分北风会加强到 6 级。 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. 例:Joe forced a smile, but underneath he was a little disturbed...乔强颜欢笑,但内心里感到有些不安。 例:'Why don't you offer me a drink?' he asked, with a forced smile.“为什么不请我喝一杯?”他问道,勉强笑了笑。 N-COUNT 军事力量;兵力 Forces are groups of soldiers or military vehicles that are organized for a particular purpose. 例:...the deployment of American forces in the region.美国武装力量在这一地区的部署 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. 例:The more senior you become in the forces, the more likely you are to end up in a desk job.在部队里级别越高,最后就越有可能去做文职工作。 N-SING 警察机关;警察部门 The force is sometimes used to mean the police force. 例:It was hard for a police officer to make friends outside the force.警官很难与警队外面的人交朋友。 PHRASE 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. 例:...converting the sceptics by force of argument.通过辩论说服提出质疑者 例:...its promise to free Kuwait by force of arms.通过武力解放科威特的承诺 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. 例: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。 例: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。 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. 例: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。 PHRASE 大规模地;大量 When people do something in force, they do it in large numbers. 例:Voters turned out in force for their first taste of multi-party elections.大批选民前来参加他们的第一次多党选举。 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. 例:Both groups joined forces to persuade voters to approve a tax break for the industry...两个团体联合游说投票者赞成给予这个行业税收优惠。 例:William joined forces with businessman Nicholas Court to launch the new vehicle.威廉和企业家尼古拉斯·考特联手推出这款新车。 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. 例:The miners were armed with clubs as they forced their way through a police cordon...矿工们手持棍棒冲过了警戒线。 例:He forced his way into a house shouting for help.他冲进一幢房子呼喊求救。 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. 例:Nancy forced back tears. She wasn't going to cry in front of all those people.南希强忍泪水。她不会在那些人面前哭的。 |
| 变形 | third:forces~done:forced~pl:forces~ing:forcing~past:forced~ |
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