force
柯林斯词典
- 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. 强迫
He took two women hostage and forced them to drive away from the area. 他劫持了两名女人质并强迫她们开车离开这个地区。
They were grabbed by three men who appeared to force them into a car. 他们被三名男子抓住,这些人看上去强使他们进入了一辆汽车。
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. 一处背伤迫使她退出了温布尔登网球赛。
He turned right, down a dirt road that forced him into four-wheel drive. 他向右转弯,开上了一条土路,这迫使他开始四轮驱动行驶。
3. V-T If someone forces something on or upon you, they make you accept or use it when you would prefer not to. 强加
To force this agreement on the nation is wrong. 把这项协议强加于这个国家是错误的。
4. V-T If you force something into a particular position, you use a lot of strength to make it move there. 用力压住
They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her. 他们在用力把她的头按到冰冷的水中,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. 强行 (打开)
That evening police forced the door of the apartment and arrested Mr. Roberts. 那晚警察强行打开那公寓的门逮捕了罗伯茨先生。
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. 强行进入
The miners forced their way through a police cordon. 那些矿工们冲破了警察的封锁线。
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. 政府决定不使用武力来驱散示威游行。
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几栋建筑的窗子。
3. N-UNCOUNT The force of something is the powerful effect or quality that it has. 强大的效力; 高品质
He changed our world through the force of his ideas. 他以其思想的强大影响力改变了我们的世界。
4. N-UNCOUNT Force is used before a number to indicate a wind of a particular speed or strength, especially a very strong wind. 风力
The airlift was conducted in force ten winds. 空运是在10级大风中进行的。
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. 势力; 强大影响力
For years the army was the most powerful political force in the country. 多年来军队都是该国最强大的政治势力。
The band is still an innovative force in music. 该乐队仍是音乐界的一支创新力量。
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. (非人为的、非人类所能理解或控制的) 力量
...the protection of mankind against the forces of nature: epidemics, predators, floods, hurricanes. …使人类免受流行病、食肉动物、洪水和飓风等自然力伤害的保护。
The principle of market forces was applied to some of the country's most revered institutions. 市场力量的原理被应用在了该国一些最受尊崇的机构。
7. N-VAR In physics, a force is the pulling or pushing effect that something has on something else. (物理学中的) 力
...the Earth's gravitational force. …地球的引力。
8. N (in northern England) a waterfall (英格兰北部的)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. 习惯做法
He looked around from force of habit, but nobody paid any attention to him. 他出于习惯环顾四周,但没人注意他。
10. PHRASE A law, rule, or system that is in force exists or is being used. 在实施中
Although the new tax is already in force, you have until November to lodge an appeal. 尽管新税制已经实行,但你在11月之前仍可以提起上诉。
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. 选民大批到场初次体验多党选举。
12. PHRASE If you join forces with someone, you work together in order to achieve a common aim or purpose. (与…) 联手
Both groups joined forces to persuade voters to approve a tax break for the industry. 两集团合力游说选民们同意给予这个行业减税。
PHRASE
1. N-COUNT Forces are groups of soldiers or military vehicles that are organized for a particular purpose. 军事力量
...the deployment of American forces in the region. …美国军事力量在该地区的部署。
2. N-PLURAL The forces means the army, the navy, or the air force, or all three. 军队; 海陆空军
The more senior you become in the forces, the more likely you are to end up in a desk job. 你在军队中的级别升得越高,你就越有可能落得个坐办公室的职位。
3. N-SING The force is sometimes used to mean the police force. 警察部门
It was hard for a police officer to make friends outside the force. 一名警官在警察部门之外交朋友很难。
4. →see also air force , armed forces , labour force , workforce
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force /fɔːs/ (forcing,forced,forces)
NOUN USES: POWER OR STRENGTH
force /fɔːs/ (forces)
THE ARMY, POLICE, ETC.
force /fɔːs/ (forces)
剑桥词典
- 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)
[ 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]physical , especially violent , strength , or power
力,力量;力气;(尤指)暴力,武力
The force of the wind had brought down a great many trees in the area . 强风刮倒了这一地区的许多树木。
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 . 老师管教学生时禁止使用体罚。
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 ). 警方完全依靠人数上的优势才控制住了人群。
in force
in large numbers
众多地,大批地
Photographers were out in force at the White House today. 许多摄影师今天出现在王宫。
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ] specialized
in scientific use, (a measure of) the influence that changes movement
(物理学上的)力;(力的)强度
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,协力,合作
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force noun (INFLUENCE)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ](a person or thing with a lot of) influence and energy
影响;活力;影响大的人(或事物)
He was a powerful force in politics . 他曾是政坛上举足轻重的人物。
Fishermen are always at the mercy of the forces of nature (= bad weather conditions ). 渔夫们总是听天由命。
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 .
不可小视的一支力量
The United Nations is now a force to be reckoned with. 联合国现在是一个不可小视的组织。
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.
习惯力量
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force noun (GROUP)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]a group of people organized and trained , especially for a particular purpose
(尤指)武装部队,部队;警察部门;(为某目的组织起来的)一群人
the security forces 安保部队
the work force 劳动大军
He joined the police force right after graduating . 他从学校一毕业就当了警察。
the forces [ 名词的复数形式 ]
the military organizations for air , land , and sea
(海陆空三军)武装力量
例句
force noun (IN OPERATION)
in/into force(of laws , rules , or systems ) existing and being used
(法律、规定或制度)已生效/开始实施
New driving regulations are going to come into force this year . 新的驾驶规章今年开始实施。
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