| 释义 |
force something on/uponImpose or press something on: economic cutbacks were forced on the government...- We don't want their euro because it's not working in the countries it has been forced upon and it won't work here.
- But that right does not extend to forcing their views upon others and they should respect the hard-fought freedoms we have in this country.
- Western societies are guilty of overlooking their own discriminatory practices, while forcing their customs upon immigrants.
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