force
柯林斯詞典
- VERB USES
1. V-T If someone forces you to do something, they make you do it even though you do not want to, for example, by threatening you. 強(qiáng)迫
He took two women hostage and forced them to drive away from the area. 他劫持了兩名女人質(zhì)并強(qiáng)迫她們開車離開這個地區(qū)。
They were grabbed by three men who appeared to force them into a car. 他們被三名男子抓住,這些人看上去強(qiáng)使他們進(jìn)入了一輛汽車。
2. V-T If a situation or event forces you to do something, it makes it necessary for you to do something that you would not otherwise have done. 迫使
A back injury forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon. 一處背傷迫使她退出了溫布爾登網(wǎng)球賽。
He turned right, down a dirt road that forced him into four-wheel drive. 他向右轉(zhuǎn)彎,開上了一條土路,這迫使他開始四輪驅(qū)動行駛。
3. V-T If someone forces something on or upon you, they make you accept or use it when you would prefer not to. 強(qiáng)加
To force this agreement on the nation is wrong. 把這項(xiàng)協(xié)議強(qiáng)加于這個國家是錯誤的。
4. V-T If you force something into a particular position, you use a lot of strength to make it move there. 用力壓住
They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her. 他們在用力把她的頭按到冰冷的水中,淹她。
5. V-T If someone forces a lock, a door, or a window, they break the lock or fastening in order to get into a building without using a key. 強(qiáng)行 (打開)
That evening police forced the door of the apartment and arrested Mr. Roberts. 那晚警察強(qiáng)行打開那公寓的門逮捕了羅伯茨先生。
6. V to cause (plants or farm animals) to grow or fatten artificially at an increased rate 人工提速育肥(植物和家禽)
7. PHRASE If you force your way through or into somewhere, you have to push or break things that are in your way in order to get there. 強(qiáng)行進(jìn)入
The miners forced their way through a police cordon. 那些礦工們沖破了警察的封鎖線。
PHRASE
1. N-UNCOUNT If someone uses force to do something, or if it is done by force, strong and violent physical action is taken in order to achieve it. 武力
The government decided against using force to break up the demonstrations. 政府決定不使用武力來驅(qū)散示威游行。
2. N-UNCOUNT Force is the power or strength which something has. 力量
The force of the explosion shattered the windows of several buildings. 那次爆炸的力量震碎了幾棟建筑的窗子。
3. N-UNCOUNT The force of something is the powerful effect or quality that it has. 強(qiáng)大的效力; 高品質(zhì)
He changed our world through the force of his ideas. 他以其思想的強(qiáng)大影響力改變了我們的世界。
4. N-UNCOUNT Force is used before a number to indicate a wind of a particular speed or strength, especially a very strong wind. 風(fēng)力
The airlift was conducted in force ten winds. 空運(yùn)是在10級大風(fēng)中進(jìn)行的。
5. N-COUNT If you refer to someone or something as a force in a particular type of activity, you mean that they have a strong influence on it. 勢力; 強(qiáng)大影響力
For years the army was the most powerful political force in the country. 多年來軍隊(duì)都是該國最強(qiáng)大的政治勢力。
The band is still an innovative force in music. 該樂隊(duì)仍是音樂界的一支創(chuàng)新力量。
6. N-COUNT You can use forces to refer to processes and events that do not appear to be caused by human beings, and are therefore difficult to understand or control. (非人為的、非人類所能理解或控制的) 力量
...the protection of mankind against the forces of nature: epidemics, predators, floods, hurricanes. …使人類免受流行病、食肉動物、洪水和颶風(fēng)等自然力傷害的保護(hù)。
The principle of market forces was applied to some of the country's most revered institutions. 市場力量的原理被應(yīng)用在了該國一些最受尊崇的機(jī)構(gòu)。
7. N-VAR In physics, a force is the pulling or pushing effect that something has on something else. (物理學(xué)中的) 力
...the Earth's gravitational force. …地球的引力。
8. N (in northern England) a waterfall (英格蘭北部的)瀑布
9. PHRASE If you do something from force of habit, you do it because you have always done it in the past, rather than because you have thought carefully about it. 習(xí)慣做法
He looked around from force of habit, but nobody paid any attention to him. 他出于習(xí)慣環(huán)顧四周,但沒人注意他。
10. PHRASE A law, rule, or system that is in force exists or is being used. 在實(shí)施中
Although the new tax is already in force, you have until November to lodge an appeal. 盡管新稅制已經(jīng)實(shí)行,但你在11月之前仍可以提起上訴。
11. PHRASE When people do something in force, they do it in large numbers. 大批地
Voters turned out in force for their first taste of multiparty elections. 選民大批到場初次體驗(yàn)多黨選舉。
12. PHRASE If you join forces with someone, you work together in order to achieve a common aim or purpose. (與…) 聯(lián)手
Both groups joined forces to persuade voters to approve a tax break for the industry. 兩集團(tuán)合力游說選民們同意給予這個行業(yè)減稅。
PHRASE
1. N-COUNT Forces are groups of soldiers or military vehicles that are organized for a particular purpose. 軍事力量
...the deployment of American forces in the region. …美國軍事力量在該地區(qū)的部署。
2. N-PLURAL The forces means the army, the navy, or the air force, or all three. 軍隊(duì); 海陸空軍
The more senior you become in the forces, the more likely you are to end up in a desk job. 你在軍隊(duì)中的級別升得越高,你就越有可能落得個坐辦公室的職位。
3. N-SING The force is sometimes used to mean the police force. 警察部門
It was hard for a police officer to make friends outside the force. 一名警官在警察部門之外交朋友很難。
4. →see also air force , armed forces , labour force , workforce
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force /f??s/ (forcing,forced,forces)
NOUN USES: POWER OR STRENGTH
force /f??s/ (forces)
THE ARMY, POLICE, ETC.
force /f??s/ (forces)
劍橋詞典
- In the end she used brute force to push him out.
- The rocket has to work against the force of gravity .
- The police were out in force at the football match .
- The acceleration of a body equals the force exerted on it divided by its mass .
- The force of the waves was eroding the cliff face .
- Ambition can sometimes be a force for good.
- Since the government limited their powers , the unions are no longer a force to be reckoned with.
- In Britain and the USA in the 1970s, the underground was a powerful subversive force.
- The club used to be a significant force in European football .
- It seems as though forces of destruction are increasingly at work throughout society .
- In their efforts to reduce crime the government expanded the police force.
- Security forces halted the demonstrators by blocking the road .
- The reduction in armed forces will be phased over the next ten years .
- Government troops swept aside the rebel forces.
- 60 percent of the work force voted for strike action .
- Many of these problems may simply fade into irrelevance when the new rules come into force.
- The new law comes into force at the end of the month .
- Speed restrictions are in force along this stretch of the railway line .
- The ban on handguns came into force last year .
- A curfew has been in force since the riots in August .
force noun (PHYSICAL)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]physical , especially violent , strength , or power
力,力量;力氣;(尤指)暴力,武力
The force of the wind had brought down a great many trees in the area . 強(qiáng)風(fēng)刮倒了這一地區(qū)的許多樹木。
She slapped his face with unexpected force. 她扇了他一耳光,出乎意料地用力。
Teachers aren't allowed to use force in the classroom . 老師管教學(xué)生時禁止使用體罰。
The police were able to control the crowd by sheer force of numbers (= because there were more police than there were people in the crowd ). 警方完全依靠人數(shù)上的優(yōu)勢才控制住了人群。
?in force
in large numbers
眾多地,大批地
Photographers were out in force at the White House today. 許多攝影師今天出現(xiàn)在王宮。
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] specialized
in scientific use, (a measure of) the influence that changes movement
(物理學(xué)上的)力;(力的)強(qiáng)度
the force of gravity 重力
?combine/join forces
to work with someone else in order to achieve something that you both want
合力,協(xié)力,合作
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force noun (INFLUENCE)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ](a person or thing with a lot of) influence and energy
影響;活力;影響大的人(或事物)
He was a powerful force in politics . 他曾是政壇上舉足輕重的人物。
Fishermen are always at the mercy of the forces of nature (= bad weather conditions ). 漁夫們總是聽天由命。
?a force to be reckoned with
If an organization or a person is described as a force to be reckoned with, it means that they are powerful and have a lot of influence .
不可小視的一支力量
The United Nations is now a force to be reckoned with. 聯(lián)合國現(xiàn)在是一個不可小視的組織。
?force of habit
If you do something out of force of habit , you do it without thinking because you have done it so many times before.
習(xí)慣力量
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force noun (GROUP)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]a group of people organized and trained , especially for a particular purpose
(尤指)武裝部隊(duì),部隊(duì);警察部門;(為某目的組織起來的)一群人
the security forces 安保部隊(duì)
the work force 勞動大軍
He joined the police force right after graduating . 他從學(xué)校一畢業(yè)就當(dāng)了警察。
?the forces [ 名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式 ]
the military organizations for air , land , and sea
(海陸空三軍)武裝力量
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force noun (IN OPERATION)
?in/into force(of laws , rules , or systems ) existing and being used
(法律、規(guī)定或制度)已生效/開始實(shí)施
New driving regulations are going to come into force this year . 新的駕駛規(guī)章今年開始實(shí)施。
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