0 to push something firmly, often without causing it to move permanently further away from you -- 按，壓；推；擠
Can you press a little harder on my shoulders, please? 你按壓我的肩膀時能再用力一點嗎？
The crowd pressed against the locked doors trying to get into the building. 人群推擠著上鎖的門想進到樓裡。
I'll just press these trousers. 我正要把這些褲子熨平。
to press grapes 榨葡萄汁
Over 3,000 copies of the CD were pressed and sent out to college radio stations. 錄製了超過3000張雷射唱片並送到各個大學的廣播電台。
1 to try hard to persuade someone to do something -- 敦促；逼迫；催促
[ + obj + to infinitive ] The committee pressed him to reveal more information. 委員會敦促他透露更多資訊。
He's pressing me for an answer. 他逼著我作出答覆。
Can I press you further on (= persuade you to say more about) this issue? 我能否要求你對這件事作進一步說明？
The family have decided not to press charges against him. 這家人決定不對他提出訴訟。
Once again he tried to press his case for promotion. 他又一次竭力要求升職。
2 newspapers and magazines, and those parts of television and radio that broadcast news, or reporters and photographers who work for them -- 報刊；報道；新聞界；記者，新聞工作者
The incident has been widely reported in the press. 報刊大幅報道了此事。
press reporters/photographers 新聞記者／攝影師
The charity invited the press (= reporters and photographers) to a presentation of its plans for the future. 這家慈善機構邀請新聞界參加其未來計劃的介紹說明會。
The press was out in force at the awards ceremony. 記者紛紛去採訪頒獎儀式。
Freedom of the press (= the right of newspapers to publish news and opinions without being controlled by the government) must be upheld. 新聞自由必須得到捍衛。
3 a business that prints and produces books and similar things -- 出版社；印刷廠
Cambridge University Press 劍橋大學出版社
5 a firm push against something using the fingers -- 按，壓，推，擠
I put my money in the slot and pressed the button but nothing came out.
I pressed the buzzer and after a while someone came to the door.
Mike pressed hard on the wound and staunched the flow of blood.
The government is being widely criticized in the press for failing to limit air pollution.
The judge issued a gagging order to prevent the witnesses from speaking to the press.
Jones was censured for leaking a secret report to the press.
