be forced to; have no choice but

を余儀なくされる means that circumstances compel someone to do something against their will. Attach it to a noun. を余儀なくさせる is the causative version (forces something). It is formal and stresses unavoidable compulsion by outside forces.

Examples

• 台風たいふうで、旅行りょこうの中止ちゅうしを余儀よぎなくされた。

  Taifuu de, ryokou no chuushi o yoginaku sareta.

  The typhoon forced us to cancel the trip.

• 経営けいえい難なんから、工場こうじょうは閉鎖へいさを余儀よぎなくされた。

  Keieinan kara, koujou wa heisa o yoginaku sareta.

  Financial trouble forced the factory to close.

Vocabulary in these examples

• 台風 typhoon
• 旅行 trip; travel
• する to do
• 経営 management, administration
• 工場 factory

Related patterns · Inevitability and compulsion

• 〜ずにはおかない will inevitably; won't leave it without
• 〜を禁じ得ない cannot help but feel
• 〜てやまない can't stop; sincerely (do)
• 〜べく in order to
• 〜んがため in order to; for the sake of