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Forcing something to happen takes effort, power and strength.

逼迫某事发生需要精力 权力和力量

Forcing someone's hand sounds painful.

强迫某人的手听起来很疼

How did your talk go with Rupert?

你跟Rupert谈的怎么样？

Not good. I had to fire him. You fired him?

不太好 我被迫解雇了他 你炒了他？

But we really need him on this project. I didn't plan to!

但这个项目很需要他啊 我没打算这样的

He forced my hand! He refused to work on the project.

他逼我的 他不想做这个项目

He wanted to do other work instead.

想做其他工作

Oh, yeah. I guess he did force your hand.

哦 对 那确实是他逼你的

When you force someone's hand, you make them act or speak before they are ready.

你逼迫某人的时候 你让他们在没准备好的情况下行动或说话

You give them no other choice.

你让他们别无选择

This expression probably comes from card games.

这个表达可能来自纸牌游戏

Sometimes you are forced to play one of your cards before you really want to.

有时候 你被迫出你不想出的牌

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