under duress

基本解释

She learned the trade by necessity and under duress.
因为需要和被迫，她学会了做生意。
Once again, Henry signed the provisions under duress.
亨利再一次被迫签署了这些条款。
A few big firms, such as Sony and Nissan, have hired outside bosses, though usually under duress: both faced severe competition from abroad.
也有少数的企业，会从外面聘请总裁，比如索尼和日产，但它们都是在面对激烈的海外竞争时被迫这么做的。

First of all, I'm very pleased when this happens, because I'm pretty confident that I can do this under duress, but I may not do it right every time.
首先,我非常乐意你们指出我的错误,因为虽然我对这些公式了如指掌,但我并不能保证每次都写对
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If the cabin boy had agreed himself, and not under duress, as was added, then it would be all right to take his life to save the rest and even more people signed on to that idea.
如果派克是自己同意的，而不是被迫的，正如这位补充的，那么用他的生命去救其他人就没问题,甚至更多同学赞同这一观点。
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Even the bedrock of investing theories related to portfolios has come under duress.
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In states with anti-conversion laws, credible allegations of conversion under duress have very rarely been made.
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