duress
n. 威脅,逼迫
To do something under duress means to do it because someone forces you to do it or threatens you.
He thought her confession had been made under duress.
他認為她是被刑訊逼供的。
1. compulsory force or threat;
He signed the confession under duress .
他出於被迫在供狀上籤了字。
He claimed that he signed the confession under duress.
他說他是被迫在認罪書上簽字的.
Those who acted under duress shall go unpunished.
脅從不問.
These unequal treaties were made under duress.
這些不平等條約是在強迫下籤訂的.
The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded.
首惡必辦, 脅從不問,立功受獎.