| 单词 | duress |
| 释义 | duress /doo res", dyoo-, door"is, dyoor"-/, n. 1. compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint. 2. Law. such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence. 3. forcible restraint, esp. imprisonment. [1275-1325; ME duresse < MF duresse, -esce, -ece < L duritia hardness, harshness, oppression, equiv. to dur(us) hard + -itia -ICE] Syn. 1. intimidation, pressure, bullying, browbeating. |
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