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Force Forced Verb 例:He 例:The Phrase Make Order

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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