释义 |
Noun: force fors- A powerful effect or influence
"the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them" - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
"force equals mass times acceleration" - Physical energy or intensity
"he hit with all the force he could muster" - Verb: force fors- To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
"She forced him to take a job in the city" - coerce, hale [archaic], squeeze, pressure - Urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- impel - Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
- push - Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
"She forced her diet fads on him" - thrust - Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- wedge, squeeze - Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- drive, ram - Cause to move by pulling
- pull, draw - Do forcibly; exert force
"Don't force it!" - Take by force
- storm
Derived forms: forces, forced, forcing See also: force back, force out, forced, forcible Type of: act, aggression, causal agency, causal agent, cause, compel, displace, do, hostility, influence, intensity, intensiveness, make, move, obligate, oblige, organisation [Brit], organization, penetrate, perforate, physical phenomenon, putout, social group, social unit, thrust, unit, validity, validness Part of: armed service, military service, service Encyclopedia: Force Force, Italy |