Word · Frequency #16696
duress
强迫；胁迫；威胁
compulsory force or threat; coercion
- 1.
Constraint by threat.
胁迫
- 2.
Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.
(法律上通过合法或非法强制手段对人身自由的约束,如公民逮捕、代位求偿,或非法行为如犯罪、强迫合同、威胁等)
胁迫；(法律上通过合法或非法强制手段对人身自由的约束,如公民逮捕、代位求偿,或非法行为如犯罪、强迫合同、威胁等)；强迫；监禁；[法] 强迫；威胁
In use
He claimed he signed the contract under duress.
The confession was made under duress, so the judge ruled it inadmissible.
She argued that she agreed to the plan only because of duress from her boss.
under duress
固定介词短语，表示“在强迫/威胁之下”，常作状语。
She signed the agreement under duress.
她在胁迫下签署了协议。
by duress
多用于被动语态，表示“通过胁迫手段”。
The confession was obtained by duress.
这份供词是通过胁迫获得的。
Common mistakes
They duressed him into signing the contract.They forced him into signing the contract.
Connections
Collocations
- under duress
- 在胁迫下；被迫地
- He signed the contract under duress.他在胁迫下签了合同。
- economic duress
- 经济胁迫
- The court rejected the claim of economic duress.法院驳回了经济胁迫的主张。
- duress defense
- 胁迫抗辩
- Her lawyer raised a duress defense.她的律师提出了胁迫抗辩。
- physical duress
- 身体胁迫
- The confession was obtained by physical duress.这份供述是通过身体胁迫取得的。
- duress of circumstances
- 情况胁迫；危急情况下的胁迫
- The driver acted under duress of circumstances.司机迫于紧急情况而采取行动。
- plead duress
Learner notes
Memory Tip
duress 像 dress 前多个 u：被人强迫穿上不愿穿的衣服，这种“被迫”感就是 duress（胁迫）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律语境、正式书面语、新闻报道 这个词多用于正式或法律语境，表示在强迫或威胁下做某事，日常口语中较少直接使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 duress（/djuəˈreis/）押韵的词有 trace、brace、grace、place、face、space，均以 /eɪs/ 结尾。注意拼写相似的 dress、press、stress 读作 /dres/、/pres/、/stres/，与 duress 不押韵。
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.