单词 | coercion act |
释义 | > as lemmasCoercion Act 2. Government by force, as opposed to that which rests upon the will of the community governed; the employment of force to suppress political disaffection and the disorder to which it gives rise. In modern English politics, chiefly applied to the suspension of ordinary constitutional liberties, and other exceptional legislation, from time to time applied to Ireland. Coercion Act, Coercion Bill: popular name for the Act of Parliament of 1833 and various subsequent ones.As the word has had, in later times, a bad flavour, suggesting the application of force as a remedy, or its employment against the general sense of a community, it is now usually avoided by those who approve of the action in question. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > other systems > [noun] > by force chirocracy1677 command1693 coercion1798 cannonarchy1841 buckshot-rule1881 1798 A. O'Connor in Madden United Irishmen (1843) 2nd Ser. II. xiv. 322 The recall of Lord Fitzwilliam..the renewal of the reign of terror and coercion. 1832 C. Napier Life in Pall Mall Gaz. (1887) 19 Oct. 9/1 Coercion, damnable coercion! What has been the ruin of Ireland but this accursed coercion. 1833 Viscount Palmerston Let. 21 Mar. in H. L. Bulwer Life Palmerston (1870) II. x. 148 Few absolute Governments could by their own authority establish such a system of coercion as that which the freely chosen representatives of the people are placing at the command of the Government of this country. 1880 W. E. Forster Let. Gladstone 23 Nov. in Life II. vi. 272 Like myself..driven with the utmost reluctance to take the side of coercion. 1888 Duke of Argyll Let. in Times 9 Nov. 9/6 The cant which brands as ‘coercion’ that which is the duty of every Government. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。