Word · Frequency #14580
coercing
强迫；胁迫；威逼
coercing is the present participle of coerce.
To compel someone to do something against their will through force, threats, or intimidation.
- 1.
To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
用武力或权威约束；压制；遏制。
- 2.
To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.
用武力、威胁、欺诈或恐吓强迫他人违背意愿行事。
- 3.
To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.
强行使一种数据类型的属性具有另一种数据类型的属性。
压制；抑制；约束；强制转换（数据类型）；用武力或权威约束；压制；遏制。；用武力、威胁、欺诈或恐吓强迫他人违背意愿行事。；强行使一种数据类型的属性具有另一种数据类型的属性。
In use
They tried to coerce me into signing the contract.
He was coerced into confessing to a crime he didn't commit.
The government is coercing citizens to comply with the new regulations.
coerce sb into doing sth
into 后接动名词或名词，表示迫使某人做某事。
They tried to coerce the witness into changing her testimony.
他们试图胁迫证人改变证词。
coerce sb to do sth
也可用不定式作宾语补足语。
No one should coerce a child to eat more than he wants.
任何人都不应强迫孩子吃得超过他想要的量。
be coerced into (doing) sth
被动形式强调动作承受者受到胁迫。
Connections
Collocations
- coerce someone into doing something
- 胁迫某人做某事
- They tried to coerce her into signing the contract.他们试图胁迫她签署合同。
- be coerced into a confession
- 被逼供；被迫招供
- The suspect claimed he was coerced into a confession.嫌疑人声称他是被逼供的。
- coerce compliance
- 强制服从；迫使顺从
- The manager used threats to coerce compliance from the staff.经理用威胁迫使员工顺从。
- coerce a value to a type
- 将值强制转换为某种类型
- In Python, the function coerces the input value to an integer.在Python中，这个函数将输入值强制转换为整数。
Synonyms
- compel
- （常指因法律、规则或环境等）强迫，迫使 · 比 coerce 更正式、中性，不一定靠暴力或威胁，常指出于法律、义务或情势而不得不做。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
coerce 读作‘可饿死’，想象不服从就让人挨饿，即‘胁迫’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal or political contexts、formal writing and official contexts、computing/programming (data-type conversion) coerce 是正式用词，多用于法律、政治或权威性语境，表示用武力、威胁或权力迫使某人做某事，也可表示“压制、约束”；在计算机/编程语境中则指强制转换数据类型，属于专业术语。日常口语中较少使用，比较常见于书面或正式表达。
Grammar Note
通常后接介词into或动词不定式
Pronunciation & Spelling
押韵词：disperse /dɪˈspɜːs/、immerse /ɪˈmɜːs/、averse /əˈvɜːs/、terse /tɜːs/ 与 coerce 的重读 /ɜːs/ 押韵。注意拼写相似的 commerce /ˈkɒmɜːs/ 和 pierce /pɪəs/ 虽以 -erce 结尾，但发音不同，不要混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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