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发音：[koʊˈɜrs]
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例句：
- To coerce somebody into doing something is to force or threaten them to do things that they are unwilling to proceed.
- Human rights groups discredited these apparent confessions and pointed out that Iran has long used brut force to coerce similar public declarations.
- On the other side are those who worry that Harper Lee may have been somehow coerced into releasing the book, which was reportedly originally written as a draft of Mockingbird.
- Tesla shareholders had accused Musk of coercing Tesla’s board into buying SolarCity, a struggling rooftop solar panel maker, to rescue his investment, and had sought up to $13 billion in damages.
- In an investigation published last week by The Athletic, current and former players accused the North Carolina Courage manager, Paul Riley, of emotionally abusing players and coercing them into sex.
- Critics argue that workers are essentially being coerced into giving up private medical information, such as their weight, their blood pressure and whether they are at particular risk for cancer.
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解释：
- Coerce这个单词做动词使用，其表示“to compel somebody to things by force or threat”这一含义，即“强迫/迫使/强制（某人做某事）”，与compel/intimidate/force/obligate这些单词构成近义词。实际使用中，该单词通常与介词into连用，构成“coerce somebody into doing something”这一结构。
- 具体使用场景如下：
- Dozens of women who crossed paths with Weinstein through the entertainment industry have said he bullied, pressured, coerced, or overpowered them.（数十名在娱乐业与韦恩斯坦相遇的女性表示，韦恩斯坦欺负、施压、胁迫或压倒她们。）
—News - The company accused U.S. authorities this week of launching cyberattacks to break into its computer systems and of trying to coerce Huawei employees to supply information about it.（该公司本周指责美国当局发动网络攻击以闯入其计算机系统，并试图胁迫华为员工提供有关其的信息。）
—Technology - A spokeswoman for the labor board said on Tuesday that it determined that Apple’s work and confidentiality rules “interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees” from collective action.（劳工委员会的一位女发言人周二表示，它确定苹果的工作和保密规则“干扰、限制或胁迫员工”采取集体行动。)
—Business - Immense economic pressure could eventually coerce everyone into sharing their information with firms, since not divulging your data will itself imply that you are undesirable.（巨大的经济压力最终可能会迫使每个人与公司分享他们的信息，因为不披露你的数据本身就意味着你不受欢迎。）
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