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noun
strength or energy exerted or brought to bear : cause of motion or change : active power the motivating force in her life
the forces of nature
moral or mental strength
I was impressed by the force of his character.
capacity to persuade or convince
the force of the argument
military strength
a body (as of troops or ships) assigned to a military purpose
a force of 20,000 soldiers
a body of persons or things available for a particular end the missile force
a labor force
an individual or group having the power of effective action a force in politics
join forces to prevent violence
often capitalized police force—usually used with the
After his military service, he joined the force.
violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing
Those who do not respond to kindness must yield to force.
an agency or influence that if applied to a free body results chiefly in an acceleration of the body and sometimes in elastic deformation and other effects
any of the natural influences (such as electromagnetism (see electromagnetism sense 2a), gravity, the strong force, and the weak force) that exist especially between particles and determine the structure of the universe
the quality of conveying impressions intensely in writing or speech
stated the objectives with force
baseball force-out
verb
transitive verb
to do violence toespecially: rape
to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means
to make or cause especially through natural or logical necessity the last minute goal forced overtime
forced to admit my error
to press, drive, pass, or effect against resistance or inertia
force your way through
to impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably
force unwanted attentions on a coworker
to achieve or win by strength in struggle or violence: such as
to win one's way into forced the mountain passes
force a castle
to break open or through
force a lock
to raise or accelerate to the utmost
forcing the pace
to produce only with unnatural or unwilling effort
forced a smile
to wrench, strain, or use (language) with marked unnaturalness and lack of ease
to hasten the rate of progress or growth of
to bring (plants) to maturity out of the normal season
forcing lilies for Easter
to induce (a particular bid or play by another player) in a card game by some conventional act, play, bid, or response
to cause (a runner in baseball) to be put out on a force-out
to cause (a run) to be scored in baseball by giving a base on balls when the bases are full
Noun and Verb Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *fortia, from Latin fortis strong
The first known use of force was in the 14th century
force1 of 2noun
strength or energy put forth : active power
forces of nature
capacity to persuade or convince
the force of this argument
the state of existing and being enforced : effect
that law is still in force
a group of persons trained and available for action the nation's labor force
a police force
violence or power used on a person or thing
open a door by force
an influence (as a push or pull) that tends to produce a change in the speed or direction of motion of something
the force of gravity
force2 of 2verb
to make (as a person) do something
forced them to work
to get or make by using force
forced their way into the room
to break open or through
force a lock
to produce with effort
forced a weak smile
to speed up the development of
force flowers
1 He used brute force to open the door.
2 They are trying to force a vote on this issue.
3 The police were accused of using excessive force when they made the arrest.
4 The front of the car took the full force of the collision.
5 I am forced to conclude that more funding will be necessary.
6 They forced us to work long hours without pay.
7 The operation of force could furnish no evidence of the existence of forceless matter.
8 The weakling is he in whose forceless nature one serpent after another writhes its head up, dominant for a moment only, doomed to be thrust down by another fancy as fickle.
9 Darting one fiery glance toward her forceless husband, sitting humped up over the stove, his head supported on his hands, she exclaimed, "What does this mean?"
10 And in a secure location, away from the prying eyes of airport workers and visitors, the skeletal construction of a base of operations for a new international force is taking shape.
11 The runner was forced out of bounds.
12 While the monad soul so to call it lies here beneath the weak glimmer of suns so far off that they are forceless to develop it to a 46 Lucretius, De Nat.
13 After seeing the evidence, I was forced to admit my error.
14 The pilot was forced to land when one of the plane's engines caught fire.
15 Both had the same incapacity of unlaboured and forceless art, the same insensibility to passion, the same inability to rise above mere humours and contemporary oddities into the region of universal poetry.
16 I was impressed by the force of her personality.
17 Besides, to a child of positive traits, those persuasions are utterly forceless which, instead of being addressed to the prominent faculties, are directed to those comparatively deficient.
18 He had expected to come upon a huddle of blond plumpness, an inanimate mass of forceless flesh robbed of its bovine suavity by inactivity.
19 instruments used to measure the force of the wind
20 The stones, flung by his forceless arms, fell into the shadows or rebounded against the porch.
1 无力的
milk-toast low weak wan faint incapable helpless limp watery powerless diluted spent impotent ineffectual paralytic languorous unemphatic strengthless asthenic muscleless adynamic impuissant soft unable pale pointless feeble sickly infirm weakling insubstantial enervate milk-and-water
2 软弱
milk-toast nicey-nice soft weak wet mild tender delicate pale faint milky limp floppy powerless meek feeble flabby flaccid spineless effete dickey weak-kneed chinless limpsy weakly soften emasculate unbrace
3 软弱的
milk-toast nicey-nice soft weak wet mild tender delicate pale faint milky limp floppy powerless meek feeble flabby flaccid spineless effete dickey weak-kneed chinless limpsy
4 无力
milk-toast low weak wan faint incapable helpless limp watery powerless diluted spent impotent ineffectual paralytic languorous unemphatic strengthless asthenic muscleless adynamic impuissant dilutedly weakly faintly feebly limply rockily disability weakness paralysis inertia incapacity impotence powerlessness asthenia enervation rockiness anergy impuissance hamstring paralyze beggar enervate soft unable pale pointless feeble sickly infirm weakling insubstantial milk-and-water slack astheny adynamia hyposthenia inability extinguish dehydrate enfeeble