pressure

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英[ˈpreʃə(r)]
美[ˈpreʃər]

基本释义

n.
压力; 气压; 催促; 紧张
v.
强迫

词性变化

实用例句

The nurse applied pressure to his arm to stop the bleeding.

护士压住他的胳膊止血。

牛津词典

The barriers gave way under the pressure of the crowd.

拥挤的人群把路障推倒了。

牛津词典

air/water pressure

空气 / 水的压力

牛津词典

Check the tyre pressure (= the amount of air in a tyre) regularly.

要定期检查轮胎的气压。

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A band of high/low pressure is moving across the country.

一股高 / 低气压正经过这个国家。

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The pressure for change continued to mount.

改革的呼声持续高涨。

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There is a great deal of pressure on young people to conform.

年轻人被大力要求守规矩。

牛津词典

The government eventually bowed to popular pressure (= they agreed to do what people were trying to get them to do) .

政府最终向群众的压力低头。

牛津词典

Teenagers may find it difficult to resist peer pressure .

青少年可能觉得很难抗拒同龄人的压力。

牛津词典

She was unable to attend because of the pressure of work.

由于工作紧张她不能出席。

牛津词典

You need to be able to handle pressure in this job.

你要能应付这一工作的压力。

牛津词典

How can anyone enjoy the pressures of city life?

怎么会有人喜欢都市生活的压力呢?

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The director is under increasing pressure to resign.

主任面对被迫请辞的压力越来越大。

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The team performs well under pressure.

这个队在压力下表现良好。

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Don't let yourself be pressured into making a hasty decision.

不要勉强自己仓促作出决定。

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She kicked at the door with her foot, and the pressure was enough to open it...

她用脚踢门,力气之大足以把门踹开。

The pressure of his fingers had relaxed...

他手指按压的力道减轻了。

The window in the cockpit had blown in and the pressure dropped dramatically...

驾驶舱的窗户突然向内破裂,气压急剧降低。

Warm air is now being drawn in from another high pressure area over the North Sea.

暖气流正从北海上空的另一个高气压带移动过来。

He may have put pressure on her to agree...

他可能向她施加了压力,迫使她同意。

Its government is under pressure from the European Commission...

其政府承受着来自欧盟委员会的压力。

Can you work under pressure?...

你能在压力下工作吗?

Even if I had the talent to play tennis I couldn't stand the pressure...

即使我有打网球的天赋,我也无法承受这种压力。

He will never pressure you to get married...

他永远不会强迫你结婚。

The Government should not be pressured into making hasty decisions...

政府不应该迫于压力仓促作出决定。

Meteorologist believe this pressure jump is the mechanism responsible for storm and tornado.

气象学家认为这一气压的突然升高是暴风雨和飓风形成的物理机制.

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He changed his mind under the pressure from others.

他在别人的逼迫之下改变了主意.

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Wood blocks may compress a great deal under pressure.

木块受压时可缩小很多.

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The government is under pressure to relax censorship regulations.

政府受到压力,被要求放宽审查制度.

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真题例句

They need to keep teams small and focused: giving in to pressure to be more inclusive is a guarantee of dysfunction.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

They are under growing pressure to balance their national budgets.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Nonetheless, the renewed focus on waistlines means that industry groups are under pressure to demonstrate their products are healthy as well as tasty.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Many of the assignments and rules teachers come up with, often because they are pressured by their administrators, treat pleasure and joy as the enemies of competence and responsibility.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The authors documented an annual drop of as many as 120,000 cases of heart disease, 66,000 instances of stroke and 99,000 heart attacks caused by high blood pressure after a 3-g-per-day reduction in salt.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

The advantages, not surprisingly, were greater for African Americans, who are more likely to develop high blood pressure than other ethnic groups, and for the elderly, since blood vessels stiffen with age, which can lead to higher blood pressure.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

They also calculated the cost savings emerging from the amount of disease that would be avoided because of lower blood pressure

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Many societies throughout history and around the world today have cultivated strong pressures to stay married.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

In the absence of societal pressures to maintain pair-bonds, O'Sullivan suggests that romantic love has increasingly come to be seen as the factor that should determine who we stay with and for how long

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

If you believe that you have found true romance, and your culture tells you that this is what a long-term relationship should be based on, there is less need to rely on social or family pressures to keep couples together, O'Sullivan argues.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Without social pressures to keep pair-bonds, romantic love plays a key role in maintaining long-term relationships

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

marriages are hard to sustain without social or family pressures

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

romantic love tends to yield where family or social pressures are strong

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

One who has integrity is bound by and follows moral and ethical (道德上的) standards even when making life's hard choices, choices which may be clouded by stress, pressure to succeed, or temptation.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Risky Business We are each responsible for our own decisions, even if the decision, making process has been undermined by stress or peer pressure

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity (阳刚), the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to conform to a stereotype.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

It places more pressure on boys than on girls

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

What's less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession - financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Even if there is no curve, cheating "poisons" the classroom, and others may feel pressured to join in.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

But there is also pressure to buy local and save on food miles, which means we take our vegetables from the local markets, and there are a lot that work well with British staples.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

People need time away from the pressures of study or work to relax and enjoy time with friends and family.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

A drop in oxygen pressure can cause headaches in certain individuals.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of deaths from heart disease and stroke are caused by high blood pressure, tobacco use, elevated cholesterol and low consumption of fruits and vegetables.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Although the pressure of the cabin is adjusted to prevent altitude sickness, you could still experience sleepiness or a headache.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

And of course, if it has an impact on obesity, it will have an impact on diabetes, and heart disease, and high blood pressure.

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

At the same time, high blood pressure has become an increasing problem.

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Blood pressure and heart rate are typically at their lowest levels during sleep.

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

But it's also important to recognize that the pressure to divorce may be health-related and that sick ex-wives may need additional care and services to prevent worsening health and increased health costs.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was known to be unimpressed by the declining taste of early 18th century cooking, but under pressure to entertain Paris' high society, he too called Careme to his kitchen at Tuileries Palace.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

In that light, aging itself might be seen as something treatable, the way you would treat high blood pressure or a vitamin deficiency.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

It's a great way for me to relieve stress and pressure, and dance my way towards feeling energetic and happy again.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Once you get beyond the initial learning curve, knitting and crocheting can lower heart rate and blood pressure.

2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

People who sleep less tend to have higher blood pressure, heart attack, diabetes, weight gain and other problems.

2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

PepsiCo is to spend billions of dollars to develop drinks and snacks and reformulate existing ones with lower sugar, salt and fat, as consumers demand healthier options and regulatory pressure intensifies amid an obesity epidemic.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The Italian Culture ministry says it is unaware of any government efforts to pressure UNESCO.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

The lower oxygen pressure found in an aircraft cabin is equivalent to that at 6, 000-8, 000 feet of altitude.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

There are many things that can cause confusion and memory loss, including health problems like temporary stoppage of breathing during sleep, high blood pressure, or depression, as well as medications like antidepressants.

2018年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

There's no question people can take things a long way toward reversing diabetes, reversing high blood pressure, even preventing cancer by food choices.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

They need to keep teams small and focused: giving in to pressure to be more "inclusive" is a guarantee of dysfunction.

2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand , the long-term drop in petroleum consumption in the United States, and some displacement of oil by substitutes.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Workplace norms pressure employees to overwork, deterring them from taking paid time off.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Without sustained external pressure it seems certain Mr.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Pressure from tobacco manufacturers remains strong.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to be always on, they find ways to accommodate that pressure, including altering their schedules, work habits and interactions with family and friends.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

But that isn't why the government—under pressure from cancer charities, health workers and the Labour party—has agreed to legislate for standardised packaging.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

But even when employees are given paid time off, workplace norms and expectations that pressure them to overwork often prevent them from taking it.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica's treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring some of his kinetic energy to your own body, or you can approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Rising population combined with improved nutrition standards and shifting dietary preferences will exert pressure for increases in global food supply.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

However, pressure will grow on finite resources of land, energy and water

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

At certain stages of life, especially adolescence, the pressure to be seen as similar to peers is immense.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

According to Harry Vallentine, a Canadian engineer who is researching modern steam technology, a special tank measuring 2 by 10 metres could store over 750 kilowatt hours of energy as high pressure steam, enough to pull a two-cart train for an hour or so.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

But even when employees are given paid time off, workplace norms and expectations that pressure them to overwork often prevent them from taking it.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

But it's not only women who are affected by this pressure to look good.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to be always "on,"they find ways to accommodate that pressure, including altering their schedules, work habits and interactions with family and friends.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

If there's a downward pressure on costs, because of a need for investment in other areas, I would argue that this is a perfectly feasible solution.

2016年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring possibly painfullysome of his kinetic energy to your own body, or toucan approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.

2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand especially from eme

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

The gas can be stored under pressure in a tank.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

The quite dramatic unemployment figures, which we now see in some of the countries, strongly suggest that there will be greater pressure on wages in the future, as more people will be unemployed, more people will be looking for jobs and the pressure on em

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

This unique ecosystem may soon be under pressure.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

We should assure such students that risk, and even peer pressure, can be a good thing—as long as it happens in the classroom and not in the car.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

When considering risk factors associated with serious chronic diseases, we often think about health indicators such as cholesterol, blood pressure, and body weight.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

without sustained external pressure it seems certain Mr. Cameron would still be hooked on the interests of big tobacco companies

2016年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Big companies could relieve data security pressure.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

But what starts as fun usage of apps turns into tremendous pressure in real social media interaction at secondary school.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

By the time they started secondary school—at age 11—children were already far more aware of their image online and felt under huge pressure to ensure their posts were popular, the report found.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Finally, dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Governments could relieve their financial pressure.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

If you have a tension headache, you may also feel the pressure on both sides of your head.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 听力 原文

In fact, women are less likely to have high blood pressure or to die from heart attacks.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

It turns out that just looking at green,growing things can reduce stress,lower blood pressure,and put people into a better mood.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 七选五 原文

Many of our conversations are gossip, I have noticed three effects of gossip: It can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

She said social media firms were exposing children to major emotional risks, with some youngsters starting secondary school ill-equipped to cope with the tremendous pressure they faced online.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The pressure built and the vegetables cooked.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

The pressures of "time" and "destination" are further blocks to awareness.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The report said they also faced pressure to respond to messages at all hours of the day—especially at secondary school when more youngsters have mobile phones.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

This smart keyboard precisely measures the cadence with which one types and the pressure fingers apply to each key.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The need of training is too evident; the pressure to accomplish a change in their attitude and habits is too urgent to leave these consequences wholly out of account.

出自-2009年考研翻译原文

The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes it reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

But by giving in to critics now they are inviting pressure to make more concessions.

出自-2010年考研阅读原文

Members of social networks, for instance, are learning that they can hijack media to apply pressure on the businesses that originally created them.

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don’t get the nod also may wish to move on.

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

Under lobby pressure,George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

In Denmark, the United States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standards for models and fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Hill’s pressure later led to creation of national parks and green belts.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

Complex international, economic, technological and culture change could start to diminish the leading position of English as the language of the world market, and UK interests which enjoy advantage from the breath of English usage would consequently face new pressures.

出自-2017年考研翻译原文

Merely helping a gift-giver gain access to other officials, unless done with clear intent to pressure those officials, is not corruption, the justices found.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

And interest groups ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers exert self-interested pressure on the USPS's ultimate overseer-Congress-insisting that whatever else happens to the Postal Service, aspects of the status quo they depend on get protected.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

After all, four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as well as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top position—no matter how much "soft pressure" is put upon them.

2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

And interest groups ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers exert self-interested pressure on the USPS's ultimate overseer-Congress一insisting that whatever else happens to the Postal Service, aspects of the status quo they depend on get protect

2018年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don't get the nod also may wish to move on.

2011年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their li

2012年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

For factory owners, it all adds up to stiff competition for workers—and upward pressure on wages.

2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

hill's pressure later led to creation of national parks and green belts.

2016年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Members of social networks, for instance, are learning that they can hijack media to apply pressure on the businesses that originally created them.  

2011年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Merely helping a gift-giver gain access to other officials, unless done with clear intent to pressure those officials, is not corruption, the Justices found.

2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes its reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.

2010年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year.

2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Under lobby pressure, George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal.

2016年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit);

    "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"

  • 2. a force that compels;

    "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"

  • 3. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure;

    "he gave the button a press"

    "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"

    "at the pressing of a button"

  • 4. the state of urgently demanding notice or attention;

    "the press of business matters"

  • 5. the somatic sensation of pressure;

    "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"

  • 6. an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress

Verb
  • 1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city";

    "He squeezed her for information"

  • 2. exert pressure on someone through threats

同义词辨析

strain, stress, pressure, tension

这些名词均有"压力,重压,紧张"之意。

  • strain: 指某人为克服外力界压力而造成的身心和情绪等方面的压抑。用于物时,指任何力或合力作用于一个物体上面造成的应变。
  • stress: 侧重指承受外来的压力,也指由于某种原因而引起的心理、生理或情绪上的紧张。
  • pressure: 在科学上,指单位面积上所受到的压力。用于引申时,指某事物所产生的压力或影响力等。
  • tension: 多指因关系不好或其它原因而出现的紧张状态,也指某物被过度伸展的程度或状态。

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