coercive

1. ADJ Coercive measures are intended to force people to do something that they do not want to do. 強(qiáng)制的[usu ADJ n]

The eighteenth-century British Admiralty had few coercive powers over its officers. 18世紀(jì)英國(guó)海軍部對(duì)其官員有很小的強(qiáng)制權(quán)力。