Forcing

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Force

(n.) The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.

(n.) The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat.

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• Somebody, I says, is forcing of a door, or window; what's to be done? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Is that not rather a hot-house forcing style? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The smoke from the fire was forcing me further and further back down the corridor toward the waters which I could hear surging through the darkness. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• And yet most of us accept as a matter of course the stream which gushes from our faucet, or give no thought to the ingenuity which devised a means of forcing water upward through pipes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• But all mines must be ventilated by forcing air through them with a fan, and this air must be in sufficient quantity to keep the percentage of gas below a dangerous standard. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The three rushed me with the evident purpose of forcing me back the few steps that would carry my body over the rail into the void below. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Cities situated in plains and remote from mountains are obliged to utilize the water of such streams as flow through the land, forcing it to the necessary height by means of pumps. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• If I do come back, said he, forcing a languid smile, mind let me find you married, and rich enough to lend me an occasional hundred pounds or two. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• They are forcing them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Your Grace still believes me desirous of the honour I might obtain by forcing myself on you as your despised relative? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The first ones had been caused by some one forcing an instrument through the slit between the sashes, and the second by the catch being pressed back. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• We accordingly brought him back to the deck, and restored him to animation by rubbing him with brandy, and forcing him to swallow a small quantity. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Its inclined top gave the pallet a little push so that the first pallet was locked, forcing the fork and roller, and the balance and hair spring, to move in the opposite direction. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Beg pardon; of course, only a joke, you know, said Haley, forcing a laugh. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I should never deserve her confidence again, after forcing from her a confession of what is meant at present to be unacknowledged to any one. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Gathering, gathering along the narrow street, came a hollow, measured sound; now forcing itself on their attention. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• After dodging me for all these weeks and forcing me to climb the roof here like a tom cat and to come to see you as a doctor? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Hancock reconnoitred his front on the morning of the 10th, with the view of forcing a crossing, if it was found that an advantage could be gained. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He was putting her in a trap, forcing her hand. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The law would never have made Pesca the means of forcing a confession from the Count. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He had rejected the plan of using paddles or oars, and also of forcing water out of the stern of the vessel, and had retained the idea of the paddle-wheel. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The tears were forcing their way into my eyes in spite of me--the horror of it was to be endured no longer. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Presently our downward motion ceased, and I could hear the propellers swirling through the water at our stern and forcing us ahead at high speed. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• But this cannot be done without forcing some part of the capital of Great Britain into a round-about foreign trade of consumption. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In the state of my feelings at that moment, I do sincerely believe that she had hit on the only possible way of forcing me to leave the room. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Besides, threats were uttered of forcing me to return to bondage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Affery, who had been trembling and struggling the whole time, turned a deaf ear to all adjuration, and was bent on forcing herself out of the closet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I have run over to look after my--my Chancery interests before the long vacation, said Richard, forcing a careless laugh. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• A persistent idea has been forcing itself on my attention, ever since last night, that something will yet happen to prevent the marriage. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• This was the man who had been the main instrument in forcing his sister to wed me; well knowing that her heart was given to that puling boy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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