coercive

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
    — The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program, according to U.S. officials and independent analysts.
  2. Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.

词形变化

more coercive comparative most coercive superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English coerce
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English coercive
From coerce + -ive.
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