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  1. coerce

    • IPA[kəʊˈəːs]

    英式

    • v.
      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

    • v.
      persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats: they were coerced into silence

    Oxford American Dictionary