"not spontaneous or voluntary, strained, unnatural," 1570s, past participle adjective from force (v.). Meaning "effected by an unusual application of force" is from 1590s. Related: Forcedly. The flier's forced landing attested by 1917.
雙語例句
1. A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp.
手術(shù)后她的膝蓋活動不便，走路時被迫跛行。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He recounted how heavily armed soldiers forced him from the presidential palace.
他講述了自己是怎樣被全副武裝的士兵從總統(tǒng)官邸里趕出來的。
來自柯林斯例句
3. English students are forced to learn too much too soon.
英國學生被迫在極短的時間內(nèi)學習太多的東西。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
不久之后，國防開支的削減迫使航空航天業(yè)緊縮開支。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The band was forced to cancel a string of live dates.