English Dictionary

coerce

/koʊˈɝs/

verb

(transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. / (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.

The police had to coerce the suspect into confessing.

意味（1）

(transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

意味（2）

(transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will.

They coerced their children into going to the country park.

意味（3）

(transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.