Word · Frequency #369
force
力;力量;力气
physical strength or energy; the power that makes something move, change shape, or have an effect
- 1.
Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
影响力;身体或精神的力量或能量;活力;能力;影响或产生效果的能力
- 2.
a powerful effect or influence
强大的效果或影响
- 3.
A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time2 (ML/T2): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).
表示推动、拉动、扭转或加速物体能力的物理量,具有方向,以质量×距离/时间2为单位:国际单位:牛顿(N);厘米克秒制:达因(dyn)
- 4.
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
导致物理量变化的影响
- 5.
Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
能够对人或事物产生重大变化的任何事物
- 6.
physical energy or intensity
体力或强度
- 7.
Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
能够对其他事物产生物理效果的事物,如使其移动或改变形状
- 8.
Something that exerts influence.
施加影响的事物
- 9.
Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
违背意愿或同意的力量;强制力;暴力;胁迫
- 10.
A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).
为攻击、控制或约束而组织的团体,尤其是有指挥结构的(特别是军事或警察团体)
- 11.
The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
具有法律效力的状态
- 12.
A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
魔术中魔术师事先知道结果的把戏,尤其是涉及他人看似自由选择一张牌的情况
- 13.
Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
话语或其元素(词、形式、语调等)产生特定意义的能力
- 14.
The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.
特定时间点的年化瞬时变化率
影响力;影响;(物理)力;作用力;武力;暴力;强迫;军队;部队;警力;法律效力;约束力
In use
The force of the storm caused widespread damage.
The force of his personality made him a natural leader.
She applied a constant force to stretch the spring.
the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
force equals mass times acceleration
he hit with all the force he could muster
Connections
Collocations
- force of nature
- 自然力量
- The hurricane was a powerful force of nature.飓风是一种强大的自然力量。
- force of gravity
- 重力
- The force of gravity pulls objects toward the Earth.重力将物体拉向地球。
- force of habit
- 习惯的力量
- He locked the door out of force of habit.他出于习惯锁上了门。
- military force
- 军事力量
- The country used military force to restore order.该国使用军事力量恢复秩序。
- police force
- 警察部队
- She joined the police force after college.她大学毕业后加入了警察部队。
- labor force
Learner notes
Memory Tip
力量(force)是 '强迫'(动词force)的根源,军队(forces)是武力的集合。
Context & Register
register: neutral; contexts: 军事, 物理, 社会; note_zh: 通常为中性,多用于描述力量或武力,具体色彩需看语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words that rhyme with 'force' (/fɔrs/): horse, course, source. Note: words like 'sort', 'sport', 'short' end in -ort, not -orce, so they sound similar but do not rhyme exactly.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5,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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