forcible

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a. 强制的, 强迫的, 有气力的 [法] 强制的, 强迫的, 有势力的

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词形变化

more forcible 比较级 most forcible 最高级

别名

forceable

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Done by force, forced.

    2008, U.S. Department of Justice – Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States Forcible rape, as defined in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Attempts or assaults to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded.

  2. 2.

    Having (physical) force, forceful.

    废旧 罕用
  3. 3.

    Having a powerful effect; forceful, telling, strong, convincing, effective.

    1859, Francis Bacon, Historia Densi et Rari (1623), translated by James Spedding and Robert Leslie Ellis, in The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, edited by James Spedding, London: Longman & Co., 1861, Vol. II, section 388, p. 470, Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken; and so likewise in oranges or lemons, the nipping off their rind giveth out their smell more […]

  4. 4.

    Able to be forced.

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From Middle English forcible, forsable, from Old French forcible, from forcier (“to conquer by force”), equivalent to force + -ible.

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