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出自-2014年6月閱讀原文
Corporations in Germany realized that there was an interest to be served economically and patriotically in building up a skilled labor force at home; we never had that ethos (風(fēng)氣)," says Richard Sennett, a New York University sociologist who has written about the connection of craft and culture.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
They are regarded as the nation's driving force of change
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
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VERB
強(qiáng)迫;強(qiáng)制
If someone forces you to do something, they make you do it even though you do not want to, for example by threatening you.
例句
He was charged with abducting a taxi driver and forcing him to drive a bomb to Downing Street...
他被控劫持一名出租車司機(jī)并強(qiáng)迫他開車把一顆炸彈送到唐寧街。
He was forced to resign by Russia's conservative parliament...
他在俄羅斯保守議會(huì)的壓力下被迫辭職。
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VERB
迫使;使必須
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.
例句
A back injury forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon...
背部受傷使她不得不退出溫布爾登賽事。
He turned right, down a dirt road that forced him into four-wheel drive...
他右轉(zhuǎn)彎，開到了一條土路上，不得不以四輪驅(qū)動(dòng)行進(jìn)。
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VERB
把…強(qiáng)加給
If someone forces something on or upon you, they make you accept or use it when you would prefer not to.
例句
To force this agreement on the nation is wrong.
把這份協(xié)定強(qiáng)加給這個(gè)國家是錯(cuò)誤的。
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VERB
用力使…移動(dòng)
If you force something into a particular position, you use a lot of strength to make it move there.
例句
They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her.
他們用力把她的頭按到冰冷的水中，想淹死她。
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VERB
強(qiáng)行打開(鎖、門等)
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.
例句
That evening police forced the door of the flat and arrested Mr Roberts...
那一晚，警察強(qiáng)行打開公寓大門，逮捕了羅伯茨先生。
He tried to force the window open but it was jammed shut.
他試圖破窗而入，但是窗戶卡死了。
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暴力;武力
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.
例句
The government decided against using force to break-up the demonstrations.
政府決定不使用暴力驅(qū)散示威人群。
...the guerrillas' efforts to seize power by force.
游擊隊(duì)使用武力奪取政權(quán)的努力
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力量;力氣;威力
Force is the power or strength which something has.
例句
The force of the explosion shattered the windows of several buildings...
爆炸的沖力震碎了幾棟樓房的玻璃窗。
It looked as though the storm had an awful lot of force.
看上去暴風(fēng)雨來勢(shì)洶洶。
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N-COUNT
力量;影響力
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.
例句
For years the army was the most powerful political force in the country...
多年來，軍隊(duì)一直是這個(gè)國家最強(qiáng)大的政治力量。
The band are still as innovative a force in British music as they were when they started...
這支樂隊(duì)一如他們剛剛組建時(shí)那樣是英國音樂界的一支創(chuàng)新力量。
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影響力;威力;勢(shì)力
The force of something is the powerful effect or quality that it has.
例句
He changed our world through the force of his ideas...
他通過自己觀念的力量改變了我們的世界。
Perhaps your force of argument might have made some difference.
或許是你的雄辯使情況發(fā)生了變化。
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自然力;非人力
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.
例句
...the protection of mankind against the forces of nature: epidemics, predators, floods, hurricanes...
保護(hù)人類抵御自然力——傳染病、食肉動(dòng)物、洪水和颶風(fēng)
The principle of market forces was applied to some of the country's most revered institutions...
市場(chǎng)運(yùn)作的規(guī)律被應(yīng)用到該國某些最具影響力的機(jī)構(gòu)。
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N-VAR
(物理學(xué)上的)力
In physics, a force is the pulling or pushing effect that something has on something else.
例句
...the earth's gravitational force.
地球的重力
...protons and electrons trapped by magnetic forces in the Van Allen belts.
范艾倫輻射帶的磁力俘獲的質(zhì)子和電子
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N-UNCOUNT
(置于數(shù)字前表示風(fēng)力的)級(jí)數(shù)
Force is used before a number to indicate a wind of a particular speed or strength, especially a very strong wind.
例句
The airlift was conducted in force ten winds...
空運(yùn)在 10 級(jí)大風(fēng)中進(jìn)行。
Northerly winds will increase to force six by midday.
到中午時(shí)分北風(fēng)會(huì)加強(qiáng)到 6 級(jí)。
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VERB
勉強(qiáng)做出(微笑等)
If you force a smile or a laugh, you manage to smile or laugh, but with an effort because you are unhappy.
例句
Joe forced a smile, but underneath he was a little disturbed...
喬強(qiáng)顏歡笑，但內(nèi)心里感到有些不安。
'Why don't you offer me a drink?' he asked, with a forced smile.
“為什么不請(qǐng)我喝一杯？”他問道，勉強(qiáng)笑了笑。
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N-COUNT
軍事力量;兵力
Forces are groups of soldiers or military vehicles that are organized for a particular purpose.
例句
...the deployment of American forces in the region.
美國武裝力量在這一地區(qū)的部署
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N-PLURAL
軍隊(duì)(指陸海空三軍之一或三軍)
The forces means the army, the navy, or the air force, or all three.
例句
The more senior you become in the forces, the more likely you are to end up in a desk job.
在部隊(duì)里級(jí)別越高，最后就越有可能去做文職工作。
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N-SING
警察機(jī)關(guān);警察部門
The force is sometimes used to mean the police force.
例句
It was hard for a police officer to make friends outside the force.
警官很難與警隊(duì)外面的人交朋友。
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PHRASE
由于;迫于;通過…手段
If something happens by force of a particular quality, action, or set of circumstances, it happens because of the nature or intensity of that quality, action, or set of circumstances.
例句
...converting the sceptics by force of argument.
通過辯論說服提出質(zhì)疑者
...its promise to free Kuwait by force of arms.
通過武力解放科威特的承諾
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PHRASE
習(xí)慣使然;出于習(xí)慣
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.
例句
He looked around from force of habit, but nobody paid any attention to him...
他出于習(xí)慣環(huán)顧四周，但是沒人注意他。
Unconsciously, by force of habit, she plugged the coffee pot in.
下意識(shí)地，她習(xí)慣性地把咖啡壺的插頭插上了。
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PHRASE
(法律、規(guī)定或體系)在實(shí)施，生效
A law, rule, or system that is in force exists or is being used.
例句
Although the new tax is already in force, you have until November to lodge an appeal.
盡管新的稅法已經(jīng)生效，你需要等到 12 月才能提出上訴。
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PHRASE
大規(guī)模地;大量
When people do something in force, they do it in large numbers.
例句
Voters turned out in force for their first taste of multi-party elections.
大批選民前來參加他們的第一次多黨選舉。
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PHR-RECIP
聯(lián)合;聯(lián)手;合力
If you join forces with someone, you work together in order to achieve a common aim or purpose.
例句
Both groups joined forces to persuade voters to approve a tax break for the industry...
兩個(gè)團(tuán)體聯(lián)合游說投票者贊成給予這個(gè)行業(yè)稅收優(yōu)惠。
William joined forces with businessman Nicholas Court to launch the new vehicle.
威廉和企業(yè)家尼古拉斯·考特聯(lián)手推出這款新車。
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PHRASE
擠進(jìn);闖出;強(qiáng)行通過
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.
例句
The miners were armed with clubs as they forced their way through a police cordon...
礦工們手持棍棒沖過了警戒線。
He forced his way into a house shouting for help.
他沖進(jìn)一幢房子呼喊求救。
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PHRASAL VERB
強(qiáng)忍,忍住(情感或欲望)
If you force back an emotion or desire, you manage, with an effort, not to experience it.
例句
Nancy forced back tears. She wasn't going to cry in front of all those people.
南希強(qiáng)忍淚水。她不會(huì)在那些人面前哭的。
Noun
1. a unit that is part of some military service;
"he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"2. one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority;
"the mysterious presence of an evil power""may the force be with you""the forces of evil"3. (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity;
"force equals mass times acceleration"4. group of people willing to obey orders;
"a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"5. a powerful effect or influence;
"the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"6. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists);
"he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"7. physical energy or intensity;
"he hit with all the force he could muster""it was destroyed by the strength of the gale""a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"8. a group of people having the power of effective action;
"he joined forces with a band of adventurers"9. (of a law) having legal validity;
"the law is still in effect"Verb
1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city";
"He squeezed her for information"2. urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
3. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
4. impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably;
"She forced her diet fads on him"5. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;
"I squeezed myself into the corner"6. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically;
"She rammed her mind into focus""He drives me mad"7. do forcibly; exert force;
"Don't force it!"8. cause to move along the ground by pulling;
"draw a wagon""pull a sled"9. take by force;
"Storm the fort"