forces

n. 势力；兵力；武装力量（force的复数形式）

Detailed Explanations:

• n a powerful effect or influence
• n (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
• n physical energy or intensity
• n group of people willing to obey orders
• n a unit that is part of some military service
• n an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
• n one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
• n a group of people having the power of effective action
• n (of a law) having legal validity
• n a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
• v to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
• v urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
• v move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
• v impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
• v squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
• v force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
• v cause to move by pulling
• v do forcibly; exert force
• v take by force