| 单词 | to force hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto force (one's) hand a. To constrain by force (whether physical or moral); to compel; to overcome the resistance of. to force (one's) hand: to compel one to act prematurely or to adopt a policy he dislikes. Cf. French forcer la main à quelqu'un. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] needeOE straita1340 pressa1393 afforcea1400 stressa1400 coactc1400 coarctc1400 strainc1400 compulse?a1475 cohert1475 oppress1523 compel1526 forcec1540 to tie to the stake1544 urge1576 adact1615 duressa1626 coerce1659 railroad1889 to twist the tail1895 steamroll1900 steamroller1912 shanghai1919 bulldozer1945 shotguna1961 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to do something holdc1275 piltc1275 constraina1340 strength1340 distrainc1374 compelc1380 makec1395 distressa1400 stressa1400 art?1406 putc1450 coerce1475 cohert1475 enforce1509 perforce1509 forcec1540 violent?1551 press1600 necessitate1601 rack1602 restrain1621 reduce1622 oblige1632 necessiate1709 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (intransitive)] > to action to put (a person) to it1581 to hold (also put) a pistol to (also at) (a person's) head1841 to force (one's) hand1860 to twist (someone's) arm1953 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1924 His fader vs forset with his fowle wille. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Eiv Neither can any Lawe be able violentlye to force the inward thought of man. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 100 To demaund more tribute, to force thy people, to forget mee thi friend. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. v. sig. H4 Hee whose great heart heauen can not force with force. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) i. i. 231 Art thou King, and wilt be forc't ? View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 424 To Force their Monarch, and insult the Court. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 9 Where the bleak Swiss..force a churlish soil for scanty bread. 1827 W. Wordsworth Persecut. Sc. Covenanters Who would force the Soul, tilts with a straw Against a Champion cased in adamant. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. viii. 524 Sir Francis..occasionally forced his adversaries' hands. < as lemmas |
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