迫使

pòshǐ

verb HSK 7-9 #8,265

Meanings

恶劣的天气迫使飞机延误。

Èliè de tiānqì pòshǐ fēijī yánwù.

The bad weather forced the flight to be delayed.

经济压力迫使他辞职了。

Jīngjì yālì pòshǐ tā cízhí le.

Financial pressure forced him to resign.

grammar

Pattern: A 迫使 B + verb. The subject (A) is typically a situation or force, not a person directly threatening another.

usage

迫使 is more formal than 逼. 逼 can be used colloquially (别逼我!), while 迫使 appears in news and formal writing.

迫 pò

使 shǐ