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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。
强迫；胁迫；威胁
duresses — plural of duress
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强迫；胁迫；威胁
compulsory force or threat; coercion
She signed the agreement under duress.
她在胁迫下签署了协议。
胁迫
Constraint by threat.
(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)
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.
He claimed he signed the contract under duress.
他声称自己是在胁迫下签署合同的。
The confession was made under duress, so the judge ruled it inadmissible.
这份供述是在胁迫下作出的，因此法官裁定其不可采信。
She argued that she agreed to the plan only because of duress from her boss.
她辩称自己同意该计划只是因为老板的胁迫。
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。
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。
Not this
They duressed him into signing the contract.
Use this
They forced him into signing the contract.
duress 是名词，意为“强迫、胁迫”，不可当动词用；要表达“强迫某人做某事”应选动词 force，所以把 duressed 改成 forced。
Not this
He signed the confession in duress.
Use this
He signed the confession under duress.
“在胁迫下”的固定搭配是 under duress，介词用 under 而不用 in；under 表示处于某种作用力或状态之下。改成 under 后搭配正确。
Not this
I'm under a lot of duress at work.
Use this
I'm under a lot of pressure at work.
duress 专指他人以威胁或暴力施加的强迫，不表示一般的工作压力；表达工作压力应使用 pressure。改成 pressure 后语义准确。
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在胁迫下；被迫地
He signed the contract under duress.
他在胁迫下签了合同。
经济胁迫
The court rejected the claim of economic duress.
法院驳回了经济胁迫的主张。
胁迫抗辩
Her lawyer raised a duress defense.
她的律师提出了胁迫抗辩。
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。
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。
以受胁迫为由进行抗辩
He is expected to plead duress at trial.
预计他将在审判中以受胁迫为由进行抗辩。
被迫；受到胁迫
She only signed the document under duress.
她只是在受到胁迫的情况下才签署了文件。
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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）。
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。
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。
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