Значение press в русском языке

• 0 to push something firmly -- нажимать, прижимать

  • Press the button to start the machine.

  • Can you press a bit harder on my shoulders, please?

  • He pressed his face against the window.

• 1 to try hard to persuade someone to do something -- настаивать, требовать

  • [ + to do sth ] The committee pressed him to reveal more information.

  • We pressed him for an answer but he refused.

• 2 to complain officially about someone in a court of law -- подавать в суд

  • The family decided not to press charges against him.

• 3 to make clothes smooth by ironing them -- гладить (утюгом)

  • I need to press these trousers.

• 4 to make something flat by putting something heavy on it for a long time -- давить, сушить

  • to press fruit/flowers

• 5 to try to make people accept your demands -- настаивать на своих взглядах/требованиях

• 6 newspapers and magazines, or the people who write them -- пресса

  • the local/national press

  • press reports

• 7 praise or criticism from newspapers, magazines, television, etc -- благоприятные/неблагоприятные отзывы в прессе

  • She's had a lot of bad press recently.

• 8 a business that prints and sells books -- издательство

  • Cambridge University Press

• 9 a machine used to print books, newspapers, and magazines -- печатный станок

• 10 the use of an iron (= a piece of electrical equipment used for making clothes flat and smooth) -- глаженье, утюжка

  • Can you give these trousers a press?