| Principales traductions |
| forced adj | (compelled) | forcé, obligé, contraint adj |
| | The prisoner made a forced confession that didn't stand up in court. |
| | Le détenu a fait des aveux forcés qui n'ont pas convaincu lors du procès. |
| forced adj | (not optional) | forcé adj |
| | We made a forced stopover when our car broke down. |
| forced adj | (unnatural) | forcé adj |
| | | artificiel, artificielle adj |
| | | faux, fausse adj |
| | The actor's lines sounded forced, so the producer had to change them. |
| | Les lignes de l'acteur semblaient trop forcées et le producteur dut les changer. |
| Principales traductions |
| force n | (strength) | force nf |
| | This lift has a lot of force and can lift a heavy truck. |
| | Cet appareil a une grande force et peut soulever des choses lourdes. |
| force n | (physics: influence on motion) (Physique) | force nf |
| | The force of the wind caused the ball to fall to the side. |
| | La force du vent a fait tomber la balle sur le côté. |
| force n | (powerful entity) | force nf |
| | | influence nf |
| | | pouvoir nm |
| | Many people think that religion is a force of good in the world. |
| | Beaucoup de gens pensent que la religion est une force positive dans le monde. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Il faut limiter le pouvoir de ces influences extérieures. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Elle exerce un grand pouvoir dans cette école. |
| force n | (military group) (Militaire) | force nf |
| | Our country's military includes the army and the air force. |
| | Nos forces comprennent l'armée de terre et l'armée de l'air. |
| forces npl | (military: troops) (Militaire) | forces nfpl |
| | Military forces landed on the island and restored order. |
| | Les forces armées ont atterri sur l'île pour rétablir l'ordre. |
| force [sth]⇒ vtr | (obstacle: overcome) (une porte, un coffre,...) | forcer⇒ vtr |
| | The police forced the door. |
| | La police a forcé la porte. |
| force [sb]⇒ vtr | (compel, oblige) | forcer [qqn] (à faire [qch]), obliger [qqn] (à faire [qch]) vtr |
| | (plus soutenu) | contraindre [qqn] (à faire [qch]) vtr |
| | Beth didn't want to eat anything, but her parents forced her. |
| | Beth ne voulait rien manger mais ses parents l'ont forcée. |
| force [sb] to do [sth] v expr | (compel, oblige) | forcer [qqn] à faire [qch], obliger [qqn] à faire [qch] loc v |
| | (plus soutenu) | contraindre [qqn] (à faire [qch]) loc v |
| | His father forced him to take out the rubbish. |
| | Son père l'a forcé (or: obligé) à sortir la poubelle. |
| force yourself vtr + refl | (make yourself do [sth]) | se forcer⇒ v pron |
| | I didn't feel like getting out of bed this morning, but I forced myself. |
| force yourself to do [sth] v expr | (make yourself do [sth]) | se forcer à faire [qch] v pron |
| | | s'obliger à faire [qch], s'astreindre à faire [qch] |
| | To make progress you have to force yourself to practice every day. |
| | Pour progresser, il faut se forcer à s'entraîner tous les jours. |
| force yourself on [sb] v expr | (rape) (soutenu : violer) | abuser de vtr ind |
| | Alice reported her date to the police for forcing himself on her. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| force n | (compulsion) | force nf |
| | Some force is driving me to telephone him. |
| | Une sorte de force m'a poussé à l'appeler. |
| force n | (persuasiveness) | conviction, force nf |
| | Her argument had a lot of force. |
| | Son argument avait beaucoup de conviction. |
| force n | (group of people) | forces nfpl |
| Note: usually used in compounds: "police force," "labor force," "sales force" |
| | The company's sales force has done great work this year. |
| | Les forces de vente de cette société ont vraiment fait fort cette année. |
| force n | (strain) | pression nf |
| | | poids nm |
| | The metal couldn't withstand the force, and eventually broke. |
| | Le métal ne pouvait pas soutenir la pression et a fini par céder. |
| force [sth]⇒ vtr | (overcome opposition to) | imposer⇒ vtr |
| | Through the power of persuasion, we were able to force the issue through. |
| | À force de persuasion, nous avons réussi à imposer notre point de vue. |
Verbes à particule
force | forced |
force [sth] down,
force down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (eat with difficulty) | se forcer à manger loc v |
force [sth] down,
force down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (airplane: force to land) | forcer [qch] à atterrir, obliger [qch] à atterrir loc v |
| force [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (expel, push out) | forcer [qch] à sortir, faire sortir [qch] loc v |
| | (des mots) | dire [qch] du bout des lèvres loc v |
| | He didn't want to admit it, but he forced the words out. |
| | Il n'avait pas envie de l'admettre mais il l'a dit du bout des lèvres. |
| force [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | figurative (evict) | expulser (par la force) vtr |
| | Police forced the squatters out. |
| | La police a expulsé les squatteurs. |