duress
英 [dj?(?)'res; 'dj??res]
美[du'r?s]
- n. 強迫；監禁
GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
duress 脅迫
來自拉丁語durus, 硬，詞源同endure, tree.引申義強硬，脅迫。
英文詞源
- duress
- duress: [14] Etymologically, duress means literally ‘hardness’, and that was what it was used for when English first acquired it. It comes via Old French duresse from Latin dūritia, a derivative of the adjective dūrus ‘hard’ (from which English gets during). The current sense ‘constraint’ developed during the 15th century.
=> during, endure - duress (n.)
- early 14c., "harsh or severe treatment," from Old French duresse, from Latin duritia "hardness," from durus "hard" (see endure). For Old French -esse, compare fortress. Sense of "coercion, compulsion" is from 1590s.
雙語例句
- 1. He signed the confession under duress .
- 他出于被迫在供狀上簽了字。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. He claimed that he signed the confession under duress.
- 他說他是被迫在認罪書上簽字的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Those who acted under duress shall go unpunished.
- 脅從不問.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. These unequal treaties were made under duress.
- 這些不平等條約是在強迫下簽訂的.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded.
- 首惡必辦, 脅從不問,立功受獎.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》