coerce
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++co·erce /kəʊˈɜːs $ ˈkoʊɜːrs/ verb [transitive] FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto force someone to do something they do not want to do by threatening them 强制；胁迫；迫使coerce somebody into (doing) something The rebels coerced the villagers into hiding them from the army. 叛乱者强迫村民将他们藏起来，以躲避军队。► see thesaurus at force→ See Verb table
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coerce• Three days later, Ray asked to withdraw his plea, claiming it had been coerced.• They may assert, for instance, that crucial evidence was covered up or a confession was coerced.• Ray withdrew his confession, saying that he had been coerced by the police.• Both firms and workers are being coerced by the same forcemajeure of insufficient demand in the commodity market.• She hadn't coerced him in any way.• This gives the workforce both a much greater capacity to coerce management and a consciousness of its collective power, claims Mallet.• In many cases, young women are coerced or bribed into relationships with older men.• Officials coerced peasants into voting for the government candidates.• The company paid the workers the minimum rate of $4.86 an hour, but coerced some to give back half their pay in cash.• The mine owners coerced the workers into going back to work, by threatening to close down the mines completely.• And yet woman is coerced through submission to the Symbolic order to abandon feminine desire and a peculiarly feminine relation to origins.coerce somebody into (doing) something• Churchill then wanted to coerce the owners into a national agreement and statutory arbitration.• Such desires may involve coercing the woman into behaving in the way the man wants her to.• Yet it must be by sane means that he trick and coerce the crew into following him.• Then, despite the light, the whistle coerced itself into his dreams.• You tried to coerce her into marrying Liu Shengli in violation of the Marriage Law.• In many cases, young women are coerced or bribed into relationships with older men.• Attempts to coerce people into retiring must be resisted; rights to retraining must also be secured.• Instead of being coerced or bludgeoned into submission, the Celtic Church was simply subsumed.Origin coerce (1400-1500) Latin coercere, from co- ( → CO-) + arcere “to enclose”co·erce verbChineseSyllable
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co‧erce /kəʊˈɜːs $ ˈkoʊɜːrs/
verb [transitive]to force someone to do something they do not want to do by threatening them
coerce somebody into (doing) something
The rebels coerced the villagers into hiding them from the army.
▪ force to make someone do something they do not want to do. Used when people or situations make you do something: They were beaten and forced to confess to crimes they had not committed. | The drought forced millions of farmers to sell their cattle.
▪make to force someone to do something by using pressure, threats, or violence. Make somebody do something is more common than force somebody to do something in everyday English: Her parents disapproved of Alex and they made her stop seeing him. | Two men with guns made the staff hand over the money.
▪pressure (also pressurize British English) to try to force someone to do something by making them feel that they should do it: Some employers pressure their staff into working very long hours. | She felt they were trying to pressurize her into getting married.
▪blackmail to force someone to give you money or do what you want by threatening to tell embarrassing secrets about them: She tried to blackmail him with photographs of them together at the hotel.
▪compel [usually passive] formal to force someone to do something using official power or authority. Also used when someone has to do something because of their situation: The town was surrounded and compelled to surrender. | I felt compelled to offer them some kind of explanation. | You are compelled by law to carry an ID card.
▪coerce /kəʊˈɜːs $ ˈkoʊɜːrs/ formal to force someone to do something by threatening them: Local people were coerced into joining the rebel army.
▪be obliged to do something formal if someone is obliged to do something, they must do it because it is the law or the rule, or because of the situation they are in: You are not obliged to say anything which may harm your defence in court. | They were obliged to sell the land.
co‧erce /kəʊˈɜːs $ ˈkoʊɜːrs/
verb [transitive]to force someone to do something they do not want to do by threatening themcoerce somebody into (doing) something
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