duress

• n. 強制、投獄

語源はラテン語のdurus（硬い）で、語源的にはendure（耐える、木）と同じ。

duress

duress: [14] Etymologically, duress means literally ‘hardness’, and that was what it was used for when English first acquired it. It comes via Old French duresse from Latin dūritia, a derivative of the adjective dūrus ‘hard’ (from which English gets during). The current sense ‘constraint’ developed during the 15th century.
=> during, endure

duress (n.)

early 14c., "harsh or severe treatment," from Old French duresse, from Latin duritia "hardness," from durus "hard" (see endure). For Old French -esse, compare fortress. Sense of "coercion, compulsion" is from 1590s.

1. He signed the confession under duress .

彼は自白を強要されたために署名した。

2.He claimed that he signed the confession under duress .

自白書に署名を余儀なくされたと述べた。

3.Those who acted under duress shall go unpunnished.

脅迫不問.

4.These unequal treaties were made under duress .

これらの不平等条約は強制下で締結されたものである。dd>

5.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.

首謀者は必ず行い、脅迫は問わず、手柄を立てて賞を受ける。