pressure是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the force you produce when you press something -- 压力

  • He put too much pressure on the door handle and it snapped. 他用力过猛，把门把手弄断了。

  • You can stop bleeding by applying pressure close to the injured area. 压住伤口边缘可以止血。

  • gas/water pressure 气／水压

  • The new material allows the company to make gas pipes which withstand higher pressures. 新材料使得公司可以生产出耐压力更强的输气管道。

  • The gas is stored under pressure (= in a container which keeps it at a higher pressure than it would usually have). 这种气体是加压贮存的。

• 1 the act of trying to make someone else do something by arguing, persuading, etc. -- 压力，紧迫；催促

  • public/political pressure 公众／政治压力

  • Teachers are under increasing pressure to work longer hours. 教师们被迫长时间工作，压力越来越大。

  • [ + to infinitive ] Pressure to abandon the new motorway is increasing. 要求放弃修建这条新的高速公路的呼声与日俱增。

  • The government is facing pressure from environmental activists. 政府正面临着来自环境保护主义者的压力。

  • The Defence Secretary resigned under pressure from the Prime Minister (= because the Prime Ministerforced him to). 国防大臣是在首相的压力下辞职的。

  • She's putting pressure on him (= trying to persuade him) to get married. 她在逼他结婚。

  • formal The international community is trying to bring pressure to bear on the government (= trying to persuade them) to resolve the situation. 国际社会正试图说服该国政府解决问题。

  • She's got a lot of pressure on her at work just now. 她现在工作压力很大。

  • Be nice to him - he's been under a lot of pressure recently. 对他好一点——最近他压力很大。

  • Can you work well under pressure? 你在压力下工作能做得好吗？

  • the pressures of work 工作压力

  • "These exams are the most important of all." "Oh, so no pressure then!" “这些考试是所有考试中最重要的。”“哦！有压力了吧！”

  • Ryan Giggs put the home defence under pressure. 瑞恩·吉格斯给主场球队的防守施压。

  • Playing four forwards puts too much pressure on the defence. 派出四名前锋会对防守造成太大压力。

• 2 to strongly persuade someone to do something they do not want to do -- 强迫，对…施加压力

  • She was pressured into joining the club. 她被迫加入那个俱乐部。