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forcible

/fawr-suh-buhl/US // ˈfɔr sə bəl //UK // (ˈfɔːsəbəl) //

强行,强制的,强制,强迫性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : done or effected by force: forcible entry into a house.
    • : producing a powerful effect; having force; effective.
    • : convincing, as reasoning: a forcible theory.
    • : characterized by the use of force or violence.

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Examples

  • For instance, door security bars such as the Buddybar Door Jammer are extremely effective against both forcible and unforced entry but probably aren’t allowed in carry-on bags, Kiser says.

  • Conservatives have already opined that the accusations are not of what Paul Ryan might call “forcible rape.”

  • Conservative advocates of limiting convictions to cases of “forcible rape” often rely on “traditional values.”

  • And then he was charged not with forcible rape, but with having sex with a prisoner and then aiding her escape.

  • A former Ebola patient calls the forcible isolation of returning health-care workers from West Africa a ‘police state approach.’

  • Many universities have vague—and often overly narrow—conceptions of “forcible sexual offenses.”

  • He had an excellent voice, possessed in a high degree the gift of concise and forcible expression, and his every word told.

  • No one could deny that Government had yielded in the face of noisy clamor and forcible resistance.

  • If the language is not forcible enough to convey your ideas, you will not make it better by underlining it.

  • The tragedies of Corneille and Racine are forcible and finished, and should be read because classical.

  • He caused his mother sorrow, by a dissolute life and by forcible inroads on the maternal purse.