coerce /kəʊˈɜːs/ star1 TEM8 (coercing,coerced,coerces)

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  V-T（及物动词） If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to. 胁迫 [正式]

  例：

  Potter had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty.

  波特曾争辩说是政府胁迫他认罪。