duress

英 [djuˈres]

美 [duˈres]

n.  胁迫; 强迫

复数：duresses　

GRE法律

BNC.16696 / COCA.19646

牛津词典

noun

• 胁迫；强迫
  threats or force that are used to make sb do sth
  1. He signed the confession under duress .
     他出于被迫在供状上签了字。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 胁迫;强迫
  To do something underduressmeans to do it because someone forces you to do it or threatens you.
  1. He thought her confession had been made under duress.
     他认为她是被刑讯逼供的。

英英释义

noun

• compulsory force or threat
  1. confessed under duress

双语例句

• These unequal treaties were made under duress.
  这些不平等条约是在强迫下签订的。
• And you're right, she wrote the note under duress.
  你是对的，她被迫写下的字条。
• Duress provides no defense to a charge of murder.
  受到胁迫不能成为谋杀指控之抗辩。
• The agent is communicating under duress.
  表示特工胁迫的状态下。
• And already, she's put her lessons into practice, successfully helping another inmate to appeal a sentence for kidnapping by arguing that the accused was under duress at the time.
  她已经把课堂上学到的知识付诸实践了。她成功的帮助另一名狱友就绑架的判决提出上诉，理由是这名犯人当时是被迫认罪的。
• The necessary meeting of the minds does not exist, or the consent of one of the parties was brought about by fraud, misrepresentation, or by duress, or if the agreement is founded on mistake.
  必要的合意不存在，或者一方的同意是由欺诈、误述或胁迫带来的，或者协议是基于错误的。
• He signed the confession under duress.
  他被逼无奈在供状上签了字。
• You're telling me she wasn't under duress?
  你是告诉我她已经被你拘捕了？
• And3.one party forces the other party to sign an arbitration agreement by means of duress.
  一方采取胁迫手段，迫使对方订立仲裁协议的。
• We come across desperate cases of people who've been returned to Yemen under duress.
  我们遇到一些非常绝望的人，他们被强制押回也门境内。