duress

Anglais

Étymologie

Du moyen français duresse issu du latin duritia.

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duress
\djʊ.ˈɹɛs\
ou \ˈdjʊ.ɹɛs\

duress \djʊ.ˈɹɛs\ ou \ˈdjʊ.ɹɛs\

  1. (Indénombrable) Contrainte.
    • It has also been noted by social workers that the Nukak are particularly prone to soil-transmitted diseases and impurities in their water sources so in a region under duress from coca fumigation, the Nukak have arrived with various other health complaints.  (Richard McColl, « Nukak dispossession highlights Amazonian tribes’ plight », BBC News, 18 septembre 2010)
      La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)

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