Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences.
由于記者紛紛要求會見，他們不得不請了律師充當他們家的發言人舉行記者招待會。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 45 The power of the press
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 緊迫的，緊急的;迫切的，急迫的;懇切的;
n. 壓，壓制;模壓制品;力主;唱片;
v. 壓，壓迫(press的現在分詞);
?? press 表”壓力,向……人施壓”
"Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem."
許多家長迫切要求調查這個問題.
近義：ironing, treading, squeezing, immediate, imperative, imperious
反義：deferrable
vt. 壓，按;逼迫;緊抱;
vi. 壓;逼迫;重壓;
n. 強迫征兵;新聞報道，出版物;壓榨;印刷機（廠）;
?? press 表”壓力,向……人施壓”
"The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best."
遷就新聞界充其量只是個權宜之計.
近義：squeeze, depress, pressure, coerce, lobby, prompt
反義：unhand
n. 家庭;家族;孩子;祖先;
adj. 家庭的;一家所有的;屬于家庭的;適合全家人的;
?? 音“發米粒”： 家庭吃飯又叫“發米粒 father and mother I love you家庭就是爸爸媽媽我愛你
"These diamonds have been handed down in his family for generations."
這些鉆石在他家已經傳了好幾代.
近義：kindred, kinfolk, kinsfolk, offspring, progeniture, progeny