coerce
verb (formal)to force somebody to do something by using threats 強迫;脅迫;迫使 - coerce somebody
She hadn’t coerced him in any way. 她沒有以任何方式強迫他。 - coerce somebody into (doing) something
They were coerced into negotiating a settlement. 他們被迫商討協定。 - coerce somebody to do something
They tried to coerce him to sign away his rights. 他們試圖強迫他簽字放棄他的權利。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCoerce is used with these nouns as the object:- confession
- testimony
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin coercere ‘restrain’, from co- ‘together’ + arcere ‘restrain’.- coerce somebody