force
[NOUN, VERB]
forces
1. [U 不可数名词] 武力
If someone uses force to do something, or if it is done by force, strong and violent physical action is taken in order to achieve it.
双语例句
例：The government decided against using force to break up the demonstrations.
政府决定不使用武力来驱散示威游行。
例：the guerrillas' efforts to seize power by force.
游击队以武力夺取政权的努力。
2. [U 不可数名词] 力量
Force is the power or strength which something has.
双语例句
例：The force of the explosion shattered the windows of several buildings.
那次爆炸的力量震碎了几栋建筑的窗子。
3. [U 不可数名词] 强大的效力 , 有很强影响力的品质
The force of something is the powerful effect or quality that it has.
双语例句
例：He changed our world through the force of his ideas.
他以其思想的强大影响力改变了我们的世界。
4. [U 不可数名词] 风力
Force is used before a number to indicate a wind of a particular speed or strength, especially a very strong wind.
双语例句
例：The airlift was conducted in force ten winds.
空运是在10级大风中进行的。
5. [C 可数名词] 势力 , 有强大影响力的人或事物
If you refer to someone or something as a force in a particular type of activity, you mean that they have a strong influence on it.
双语例句
例：For years the army was the most powerful political force in the country.
多年来军队都是该国最强大的政治势力。
例：The band is still an innovative force in music.
该乐队仍是音乐界的一支创新力量。
6. [C 可数名词] （非人为的、非人类所能理解或控制的）力量
You can use forces to refer to processes and events that do not appear to be caused by human beings, and are therefore difficult to understand or control.
双语例句
例：the protection of mankind against the forces of nature: epidemics, predators, floods, hurricanes.
保护人类免受自然力（流行病、食肉动物、洪水和飓风）伤害的措施。
例：The principle of market forces was applied to some of the country's most revered institutions.
市场力量的原理被应用在了该国一些最受尊崇的机构。
7. [C, U 有变体名词] （物理学中的）力
In physics, a force is the pulling or pushing effect that something has on something else.
双语例句
例：the Earth's gravitational force.
地球的引力。
例：interactions between the forces of gravity and electromagnetism.
引力与电磁力之间的相互作用。
8. [C 可数名词] 军事力量
Forces are groups of soldiers or military vehicles that are organized for a particular purpose.
双语例句
例：the deployment of American forces in the region.
美国军事力量在该地区的部署。
9. [PL 复数] 军队
The forces means the army, the navy, or the air force, or all three.
双语例句
例：The more senior you become in the forces, the more likely you are to end up in a desk job.
在军队中的级别越高，就越有可能落得个坐办公室的职位。
10. [SING 单数型名词] 警察部门
The force is sometimes used to mean the police force.
双语例句
例：It was hard for a police officer to make friends outside the force.
警察很难在警察部门之外交到朋友。
NOUN. 名词
force one's way somewhere
1. 强行到某地
If you force your way through or into somewhere, you have to push or break things that are in your way in order to get there.
双语例句
例：The miners forced their way through a police cordon.
那些矿工们冲破了警察的封锁线。
force of habit
1. 习惯的力量
If you do something from force of habit, you do it because you have always done it in the past, rather than because you have thought carefully about it.
双语例句
例：He looked around from force of habit, but nobody paid any attention to him.
他出于习惯环顾四周，但没人注意他。
in force
1. 在实施中
A law, rule, or system that is in force exists or is being used.
双语例句
例：Although the new tax is already in force, you have until November to lodge an appeal.
尽管新税制已经实行，但你在11月之前仍可以提起上诉。
2. 大批地
When people do something in force, they do it in large numbers.
双语例句
例：Voters turned out in force for their first taste of multiparty elections.
选民大批到场，初次体验多党选举。
join forces
1. （与…）联手
If you join forces with someone, you work together in order to achieve a common aim or purpose.
双语例句
例：Both groups joined forces to persuade voters to approve a tax break for the industry.
两集团合力游说选民们同意给这个行业减税。
PHRASE. 习语
forces , forcing , forced
1. [T 及物动词] 强迫
If someone forces you to do something, they make you do it even though you do not want to, for example, by threatening you.
双语例句
例：He took two women hostage and forced them to drive away from the area.
他抓了两位女子作为人质，并强迫她们开车离开这个地区。
例：He was forced to resign by Russia's conservative parliament.
俄罗斯的保守议会强迫他辞了职。
例：They were grabbed by three men who appeared to force them into a car.
他们被3名男子抓住，这些人好像强迫他们进入了一辆汽车。
2. [T 及物动词] 迫使
If a situation or event forces you to do something, it makes it necessary for you to do something that you would not otherwise have done.
双语例句
例：A back injury forced her to withdraw from the competition.
背伤迫使她退出了此次竞争。
例：He turned right, down a dirt road that forced him into four-wheel drive.
他向右转弯，开上了一条土路，这迫使他开始四轮驱动行驶。
3. [T 及物动词] 强加（某事物于…上）
If someone forces something on or upon you, they make you accept or use it when you would prefer not to.
近义词
双语例句
例：To force this agreement on the nation is wrong.
把这项协议强加于这个国家是错误的。
4. [T 及物动词] 用力使…移（至某处）
If you force something into a particular position, you use a lot of strength to make it move there.
双语例句
例：They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her.
他们在用力把她的头按到冰冷的水中，试图淹死她。
5. [T 及物动词] 强行打开（锁、门、窗等）
If someone forces a lock, a door, or a window, they break the lock or fastening in order to get into a building without using a key.
双语例句
例：That evening police forced the door of the flat and arrested Mr Roberts.
那晚警察强行打开那间公寓的门，逮捕了罗伯茨先生。
VERB. 动词
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