duress
US: /ˈdʊɹɛs/
UK: /djɔːɹˈɛs/
UK: /djɔːɹˈɛs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
duress /djuə'res/ (duresse) /djuə'res/
- danh từ
- sự câu thúc, sự cầm tù
- sự cưỡng ép, sự ép buộc
- to do something under duress: làm gì do cưỡng ép
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
[U] (formal) threats or force that are used to make sb do sth: He signed the confession under duress. + The promise was obtained by duress on the part of her husband.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 coercion, threat, pressure, constraint, compulsion; force, power:
The boys wash the dishes only under duress.
2 confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, captivity, restraint, Literary durance:
There were workhouses, prisons, and other forms of duress.
Concise English dictionary
djʊə'res
noun
+compulsory force or threat
