duress
noun /djuˈres/
/duˈres/
[uncountable] (formal)- threats or force that are used to make somebody do something
胁迫；强迫 - He signed the confession under duress.
他被迫在供状上签了字。 - The promise was obtained by duress on the part of her husband.
这个承诺是她丈夫通过胁迫获得的。 - They were operating at times under extreme duress.
他们有时在极度的压力下工作。
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘harshness, severity, cruel treatment’): via Old French from Latin duritia, from durus ‘hard’. - He signed the confession under duress.