They were coerced into negotiating a settlement.是什么意思？

They were coerced into negotiating a settlement.

他们被迫通过谈判解决。

they

pron. 他/她/它们，人们，大家，政府，当局，她们；

例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

coerced

v. 迫使做( coerce的过去式和过去分词 )，强迫，（以武力、惩罚、威胁等手段）控制，支配；

例句
Potter had argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty...
波特辩称是政府强迫他认罪的。

into

prep. （表示方向）进入…中，（表示所属）输入，（表示状态）进入…状态，（表示时间）持续到；

例句
By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies...
到1838年，废奴主义者迫使议会出于道德压力而废除了英国殖民地的奴隶制。

negotiating

n. 谈判；v. 谈判，协商，议定( negotiate的现在分词 )，兑现（支票等），通过，越过（险要路段）；

例句
The two countries can finally start negotiating in earnest about issues of mutual concern.
两国终于可以开始就双方共同关心的问题进行更为认真的谈判。

settlement

n. 解决，结算，<律>金钱或财产的转让（契约），沉淀，定居点；

例句
Without their assent a political settlement cannot be reached.
没有他们的同意，不可能达成政治上的和解。