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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- force [fɔːs]
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- 1. noun [u] (violence) 武力
- 2. noun [u] (strength) 力量
- 3. noun [c] (power, influence) 势力
- 4. noun [c/u] [物] 力
- 5. vt. (drive, compel) 强迫
- 6. vt. (push) 用力推
- 7. vt. [+lock, door] (break open) 强行打开
- 8. n pl [军] 部队
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9.
n pl
[BRIT]
the Forces 军队
- in force
- 大批地
- Animal rights campaigners turned up in force.
- 动物权利运动参与者们大批涌现。
- to be in force
- [law, system+] 正在施行中
- to come into force
- [law, system+] 生效
- to join forces (with sb)
- （ 与某人 ）联合
- a force 5 gale
- 5级风
- the sales force
- [商] 推销人员
- through {or} from force of habit
- 出于习惯
- to force o.s. to do sth
- 强迫自己做某事
- to force sb to do sth
- 强迫某人做某事
- to force sth (up)on sb
- 将某事强加于某人
- to force o.s. (up)on sb
- 试图强暴某人
- to force a smile/laugh
- 强作笑脸/强颜欢笑
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- force [fors] [fɔːs]
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1.
noun
力，力量
- 2. noun 强迫，逼迫；强制力；压力；暴力，武力
- 3. noun （物质方面的）力，体力，力气
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4.
noun
力量的强度；动力，原动力
- the force of a blow
- 一击之力
- 5. noun 气力，毅力，魄力，精力；道德的力量，感情的力量；智力，理解力；才干
- 6. noun 控制力，强制力；说服力；影响力，感染力，自然力
- 7. noun 具有某种势力、力量等的人、事（或组织），一股力量；（社会）势力，威力，实力，权力
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8.
noun
军力，兵力，海军或空军的实力
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9.
noun
[复数形态时][总称]一国的总兵力
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10.
noun
军队，部队，队伍
- 11. noun （被组织起来从事某种活动的）队，组，组织，人员
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12.
noun
[legal]
（法律、条约、规章等的）效力，约束力；束缚力；有效；实施
- New environmental regulations need to come into force to stop global warming.
- 须立即实施新环境法规以阻止全球变暖。
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13.
noun
[physics]
力
- Force was an integral concept to Newton's laws of motion.
- 力是牛顿运动定律中不可或缺的一个概念。
- 14. noun （文字、言语等的）确切意义；（精神）实质；要点，基本点
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15.
vt.
强制，强迫，迫使，逼；强使
- When I was a kid, my mom used to force me to eat liver.
- 小时候，妈妈总逼我吃些动物肝脏。
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16.
vt.
强行打开，打进，打通
- to force a lock
- 撬锁
- I had to force the jar open.
- 我用尽了全力才把这个罐子打开。
- The fireman forced the door open to rescue the baby.
- 消防员强行破门，救出了婴儿。
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17.
vt.
强行（闯过），强行通过
- 18. vt. 制服，压服，强夺，强取，攻克
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19.
vt.
用强力取得，夺取，逼取；敲诈，勒索
- forcing the gun from his hand
- 从他手中夺枪
- 20. vt. 推动，推进；激励
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21.
vt.
强奸（妇女）
- 22. vt. 把…强加（与on或upon连用）
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23.
vt.
勉强露出（微笑等），使不自然地装出
- to force a smile
- 强作笑颜
- 24. vt. （竭力）提高，抬高；加快；使过劳（以至受损伤）
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25.
vt.
通过温室栽培等促成（植物、果实等）早熟，催育
- Forced strawberries can be found at the market in season or out of season.
- 无论什么时令，都可以在市场上买到催熟的草莓。
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26.
vt.
[antiquated]
给（或加）力量于
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27.
vt.
[antiquated]
实施，使生效
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28.
vt.
[American English]
[baseball]
（击球员）迫使（跑垒员）进垒
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29.
vt.
[American English]
[baseball]
使（跑垒员）得分（常与in连用）
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30.
vt.
[card games]
迫使（对手）出（王牌）；使（自己的搭挡）叫（某种）牌
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31.
vi.
凭借武力前进
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1.
noun
力，力量
Collins English-English Dictionary
- force [fɔːs]
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1.
n
strength or energy; might; power
- the force of the blow
- a gale of great force
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2.
n
a static influence that produces an elastic strain in a body or system or bears weight F
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3.
n
exertion or the use of exertion against a person or thing that resists; coercion
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4.
n
[physics]
a dynamic influence that changes a body from a state of rest to one of motion or changes its rate of motion. The magnitude of the force is equal to the product of the mass of the body and its acceleration
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5.
n
[physics]
any operating influence that produces or tends to produce a change in a physical quantity
- electromotive force
- coercive force
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6.
n
intellectual, social, political, or moral influence or strength
- the force of his argument
- the forces of evil
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7.
n
a person or thing with such influence
- he was a force in the land
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8.
n
vehemence or intensity
- he spoke with great force
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9.
n
a group of persons organized for military or police functions
- armed forces
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10.
n
a group of persons organized for particular duties or tasks
- a workforce
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11.
n
[criminal law]
violence unlawfully committed or threatened
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12.
n
[philosophy]
[logic]
that which an expression is normally used to achieve - See speech act illocution perlocution
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13.
vt.
[tr]
to compel or cause (a person, group, etc) to do something through effort, superior strength, etc; coerce
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14.
vt.
to acquire, secure, or produce through effort, superior strength, etc
- to force a confession
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15.
vt.
to propel or drive despite resistance
- to force a nail into wood
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16.
vt.
to break down or open (a lock, safe, door, etc)
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17.
vt.
to impose or inflict
- he forced his views on them
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18.
vt.
to cause (plants or farm animals) to grow or fatten artificially at an increased rate
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19.
vt.
to strain or exert to the utmost
- to force the voice
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20.
vt.
to rape; ravish
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21.
vt.
[cards]
to compel (a player) to trump in order to take a trick
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22.
vt.
to compel a player by the lead of a particular suit to play (a certain card)
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23.
vt.
(in bridge) to induce (a bid) from one's partner by bidding in a certain way
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24.
vt.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin fortia (unattested), from Latin fortis strong
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1.
n
strength or energy; might; power
- force [fɔːs]
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1.
n
(in northern England) a waterfall
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2.
n
[Etymology]
C17: from Old Norse fors
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1.
n
(in northern England) a waterfall
Examples
- gale force 10 {or} force 10 gale
- 10级大风 → gale
- the brute force of nature
- 无情的自然力 → brute
- an external force
- 外力，外加负载；外来的力量 → external
- the force of a blow
- 一击之力 → force
- to use force in opening a door
- 用力开门 → force
- to resort to force in dispersing a mob
- 使用暴力驱散一群暴徒 → force
- force of character
- 品格的威力 → force
- the force of circumstances
- 环境的力量 → force
- an argument lacking force
- 缺乏说服力的辩词 → force
- a force for good
- 代表一股好的势力 → force
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