英和和英

発音

• IPA: /kəʊˈɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

形容詞

coercive (comparative more coercive, superlative most coercive)

1. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.
   • 2006 July 19, Post Staff Writers, “U.S. Is Studying Military Strike Options on Iran”, in Washington Post, Washington, page A01:

     The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program, according to U.S. officials and independent analysts.

2. (mathematics, of a function F) Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.

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