coerce
基本释义
[verb] persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats
[动词] 用武力或威胁说服（某个不愿意的人）做某事
深入解读
Coerce 一词源自拉丁语 coercere （控制、约束），15世纪中期经古法语 cohercier 进入英语后，原指“用法律或权威的力量约束或限制”。
不过该词在15世纪末期后不再流行且无相关文字记录，直到17世纪中期之后才又重新开始使用。这可能是逆构自名词 coercion （强迫、胁迫）而来，用来表示“强制、胁迫、迫使”，常用搭配 coerce sb into (doing) sth 作正式用语使用，主要指通过实际使用或威胁使用暴力来强迫某人做本不愿意做的事，比如：
- 一个唱红脸，一个唱白脸。
One coaxes, the other coerces. - 那个冒牌医生辩称是政府强迫他认罪的。
The bogus doctor had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty.
此外， coerce 也可以用 coerce sth 表示通过武力或威胁“强制实行、实现或得到”某个事物，比如强求一致（coerce uniformity）。
文学例句
Is this the still militant old man, standing at the corners of the three kingdoms, on all hands coercing alms of beggars?
难道这就是那个脚跨三个王国，从各方面勒逼穷人的救济金、斗气未减当年的老人吗？
出自美国作家赫尔曼·梅尔维尔（Herman Melville）的长篇小说《白鲸记》（Moby-Dick; or, The Whale）。
外刊例句
- Economic agents need to be convinced, not coerced.
经济行为者需要被说服，而不是被强迫。
——《经济学人》 - Johnny Hincapie said that a confession he made had been coerced by the police.
约翰尼·辛卡皮埃表示，他所作的供词是被警方逼供的。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
以下是关于 “coerce” 的短语：
- Coerce someone into doing something: 强迫某人做某事
- Coerce compliance: 强迫遵从
- Coerce obedience: 强迫服从
- Coerce cooperation: 强迫合作
- Coerce submission: 强迫屈服
- Coerce consent: 强迫同意
- Coerce agreement: 强迫达成协议
- Coerce confession: 强迫供认
- Coerce testimony: 强迫作证
- Coerce compliance with rules: 强制遵守规定
- Coerce behavior modification: 强迫行为改变
- Coerce a confession out of someone: 强迫某人供认
- Coerce compliance with demands: 强迫满足要求
- Coerce cooperation from others: 强迫他人合作
- Coerce someone against their will: 违背某人意愿强迫他人
- Coerce a change of mind: 强迫改变想法
- Coerce a compromise: 强迫妥协
- Coerce loyalty: 强迫忠诚
- Coerce a decision: 强迫做出决定
- Coerce adherence to policies: 强制遵守政策
- Coerce someone through intimidation: 通过恐吓强迫某人
- Coerce compliance through threats: 通过威胁强迫遵守
- Coerce a change of behavior: 强迫行为改变
- Coerce someone into silence: 强迫某人保持沉默
- Coerce someone into agreement: 强迫某人达成协议
- Coerce obedience through fear: 通过恐惧强迫服从
- Coerce someone into confessing: 强迫某人承认
- Coerce compliance with regulations: 强迫遵守规定
- Coerce compliance with instructions: 强迫遵循指示
- Coerce someone into compliance: 强迫某人遵守
同近义词
bully: seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)
browbeat: intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words
extort: obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means