Word · Frequency #12174
coercion
强迫；威逼；胁迫
the act of forcing someone to do something by using authority or power
- 1.
Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
为迫使他人行动而实际使用或威胁使用的武力；胁迫行为。
- 2.
the act of compelling by force of authority
通过权威强迫的行为
- 3.
Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
使用物理或道德力量强迫某人做或不做某事,剥夺其自由意志。
- 4.
using force to cause something to occur
使用武力使某事发生
- 5.
A specific instance of coercing.
胁迫的具体实例。
- 6.
Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
类型转换；将一种数据类型的值转换为另一种数据类型的值。
- 7.
The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.
重新解释词语或其他语言成分的意义以符合语法语境的过程。
- 8.
The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.
挑起或威胁冲突；侵略。
为迫使他人行动而实际使用或威胁使用的武力；胁迫行为。；通过权威强迫的行为；使用物理或道德力量强迫某人做或不做某事,剥夺其自由意志。；使用武力使某事发生；胁迫的具体实例。
In use
She signed the agreement only under coercion.
The police denied using coercion to obtain a confession.
No one should be forced into a decision by coercion.
they didn't have to use coercion
under coercion
under coercion 是固定介词短语，意为“在胁迫下”，coercion 在此通常不加冠词。
The defendant claimed he signed the contract under coercion.
被告声称他是在胁迫下签署合同的。
coercion of sb/sth
coercion of... 表示“对……的胁迫”，of 后接被胁迫的对象。
The coercion of witnesses is a serious crime.
胁迫证人是严重的罪行。
use coercion (to do sth)
Connections
Collocations
- under coercion
- 在胁迫下
- The witness later said she had acted under coercion.证人后来表示，她是在胁迫下才那样做的。
- use coercion
- 使用胁迫手段
- The court ruled that the police had used coercion to obtain the confession.法院裁定，警方使用了胁迫手段来获取供词。
- physical coercion
- 武力胁迫；身体胁迫
- The complaint alleged physical coercion by prison guards.投诉指控监狱警卫实施武力胁迫。
- economic coercion
- 经济胁迫
- Many countries see these tariffs as a form of economic coercion.许多国家认为这些关税是一种经济胁迫。
- psychological coercion
- 心理胁迫
- Cults often use psychological coercion to keep members in line.邪教常利用心理胁迫来控制成员。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：co 像'扣'，权威一把'扣'住你，逼你服从——这就是威迫（coercion）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal documents、courtroom testimony、political analysis coercion 多用于正式或法律语境，指以武力、权力或威胁迫使他人服从。日常口语中较少出现，口语里更常说 force 或 pressure。
Pronunciation & Spelling
coercion /koʊˈɝʃən/ rhymes with exertion, insertion, assertion, and desertion, all pronounced with the stressed syllable /ɝʃən/. Note that coercion is spelled -cion, while these rhyming words typically end in -tion. Be careful with version /ˈvɝʒən/: it has the same stressed vowel but ends in /ʒən/ rather than /ʃən/, and the stress falls on the first syllable.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.