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coerce
- IPA[kəʊˈəːs]
英式
- persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats;obtain (something) from someone by using force or threats
verb: coerce, 3rd person present: coerces, gerund or present participle: coercing, past tense: coerced, past participle: coerced
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats he was coerced into giving evidence
- ▪ obtain (something) from someone by using force or threats their confessions were allegedly coerced by torture
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- IPA[kōˈərs]
美式
- persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats: they were coerced into silence
Oxford American Dictionary