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forcible

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强制的,强迫的,有气力的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forcible \For"ci*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. forcible forcible, forceable
   that may be forced.]
   1. Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or
      energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential.

            How forcible are right words!         --Job. vi. 2?.

            Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances,
            when broken.                          --Bacon.

            But I have reasons strong and forcible. --Shak.

            That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible
            to bridle sin.                        --Hooker.

            He is at once elegant and sublime, forcible and
            ornamented.                           --Lowth
                                                  (Transl. )

   2. Violent; impetuous.

            Like mingled streams, more forcible when joined.
                                                  --Prior.

   3. Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by
      compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or
      abduction.

            In embraces of King James . . . forcible and unjust.
                                                  --Swift.

   {Forcible entry and detainer} (Law), the entering upon and
      taking and withholding of land and tenements by actual
      force and violence, and with a strong hand, to the
      hindrance of the person having the right to enter.

   Syn: Violent; powerful; strong; energetic; mighty; potent;
        weighty; impressive; cogent; influential.

资料来源 : WordNet®

forcible
     adj : impelled by physical force especially against resistance;
           "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical";
           "strong-arm tactics" [syn: {physical}, {strong-arm}]
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