| 单词 | to force on, upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto force (a person) on, upon a. To press, put, or impose (something) forcibly on, upon (a person), and simply. Also, to force (a person) on, upon (something): to oblige to resort to. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > force or impose something upon to lay on11.. join1303 taxa1375 intruse?a1500 oversetc1500 beforcec1555 impose1581 threap1582 fasten1585 intrude1592 thrust1597 enforcea1616 forcea1616 entail1670 top1682 trump1694 push1723 coerce1790 press1797 inflict1809 levy1863 octroy1865 wish1915 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 115 To force that on you..Which you knew none of yours. View more context for this quotation 1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 30 This barbarous custom of forcing drink upon men. 1709 J. Swift Project Advancem. Relig. 30 New Men, whose narrow Fortunes have forced them upon Industry and Application. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) II. iii. 43 An observation which will force itself upon you. 1822 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater 173 The..riotous prodigality of life naturally forces the mind more powerfully upon the antagonist thought of death. a1848 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) viii. 383 The warfare is forced upon us. 1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 238 Nervous irritation forced me..upon frightful excesses; but terror from anomalous symptoms sooner or later forced me back. 1872 J. L. Sanford Estimates Eng. Kings: Charles I 334 However plainly the facts of the case were forced on his attention. 1903 R. Langbridge Flame & Flood xxiv Her lack of money had forced her back upon the most respectable costume which she had. < as lemmas |
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