Force

(noun.) physical energy or intensity; 'he hit with all the force he could muster'; 'it was destroyed by the strength of the gale'; 'a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man'.

(noun.) a powerful effect or influence; 'the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them'.

(noun.) a group of people having the power of effective action; 'he joined forces with a band of adventurers'.

(noun.) group of people willing to obey orders; 'a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens'.

(noun.) (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; 'force equals mass times acceleration'.

(verb.) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; 'She forced her diet fads on him'.

(verb.) do forcibly; exert force; 'Don't force it!'.

(verb.) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; 'She rammed her mind into focus'; 'He drives me mad'.

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• And the very force of her will brought her round. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Thence he pushed on to Waynesboro', where he found the enemy in force in an intrenched position, under General Early. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A large force of railroad men have already been sent to Beaufort, and other mechanics will go to Fort Fisher in a day or two. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Thus the enemy, with a vastly superior force, was strongly fortified to the east, south, and west, and commanded the river below. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• General Sherman, leaving a force to hold Atlanta, with the remainder of his army fell upon him and drove him to Gadsden, Alabama. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I cannot but in some sense admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse by the following considerations. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The let-alone policy had demoralized this force so that probably but little more than one-half of it was ever present in garrison at any one time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Then Prussia declared war in support of Austria, and the allied forces, under the Duke of Brunswick, prepared to invade France. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But even thus early the stronger love of mechanical processes and of probing natural forces manifested itself. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was as if they met in exile, and united their solitary forces against all the world. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Nations with a glorious past as to bravery but with a poor armament have gone down suddenly before smaller forces armed with modern ordnance. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He had the faith of the one, the doubt of the other, and, drawn strongly either way by these opposing forces, paused irresolutely between the two. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• A heavy wood intervened between this work and the National forces. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• A cause traces the way to our thought, and in a manner forces us to survey such certain objects, in such certain relations. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Why, the man was weary of you, and would have jilted you, but that Dobbin forced him to keep his word. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I had heard that very voice ere this, and compulsory observation had forced on me a theory as to what it boded. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He brought out his sentences in short violent jerks, as though they were forced up from a deep inner crater of indignation. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• That I'm forced to do, said Caleb, still more gently, lifting up his hand. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She must be persuaded to tell us, or she must be forced to tell us, on what grounds she bases her belief that you took the Moonstone. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• To me, you brought it; on me, you forced it; and the bottom of this raging sea,' striking himself upon the breast, 'has been heaved up ever since. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Somebody, I says, is forcing of a door, or window; what's to be done? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Is that not rather a hot-house forcing style? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The smoke from the fire was forcing me further and further back down the corridor toward the waters which I could hear surging through the darkness. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• And yet most of us accept as a matter of course the stream which gushes from our faucet, or give no thought to the ingenuity which devised a means of forcing water upward through pipes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• But all mines must be ventilated by forcing air through them with a fan, and this air must be in sufficient quantity to keep the percentage of gas below a dangerous standard. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The three rushed me with the evident purpose of forcing me back the few steps that would carry my body over the rail into the void below. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Cities situated in plains and remote from mountains are obliged to utilize the water of such streams as flow through the land, forcing it to the necessary height by means of pumps. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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