coercion

英 [kəʊˈɜːʃn]

美 [koʊˈɜːrʒn]

n.  强迫; 胁迫

复数：coercions　

GRETEM8法律

BNC.12174 / COCA.9770

牛津词典

noun

• 强迫；胁迫
  the action of making sb do sth that they do not want to do, using force or threatening to use force
  1. He claimed he had only acted under coercion.
     他声称他只是受了胁迫才采取了行动。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 强迫;胁迫;逼迫
  Coercionis the act or process of persuading someone forcefully to do something that they do not want to do.
  1. It was vital that the elections should be free of coercion or intimidation.
     选举中不应有强迫或恐吓行为，这一点至关重要。

英英释义

noun

• using force to cause something to occur
  1. though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game
  2. they didn't have to use coercion
  Synonym:compulsion
• the act of compelling by force of authority

双语例句

• The solution to the problem lies in persuasion rather than coercion.
  解决这种问题要靠疏导，而不能靠压服。
• She said that she had signed the contract under coercion.
  她说她曾被迫签订了合同。
• We prefer you to work voluntarily rather than by coercion.
  我们宁愿你工作出于自愿，而不是被迫。
• Government, which represents coercion, will then only need to maintain law and order and prevent foreign invasion.
  代表强制的政府就只不过需要维持社会治安及防止外来侵略而已。
• Coercion is a dirty word to most liberals now, but it need not forever be so.
  对大多数自由主义者来说，「强制」是脏话，但无需永远是这样的。
• Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion.
  我们的身份没有肉体，因此，不像你们，我们不能通过物理的强迫获得秩序。
• Is external intervention into civil wars best thought of as a deterrence problem or a coercion problem?
  对内战的外部干预最好被看作是威慑问题还是高压政治问题？
• He paid the money under coercion.
  他被迫付了钱。
• The superpowers got what they wanted by coercion.
  超级大国靠强迫手段得到了他们想要的东西。
• If you do this, you will be impervious to coercion and no one can ever hold you back.
  如果你这幺做，你将不受逼迫也没有人能阻碍你。