Pressure
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n. 壓（力）;壓力;氣壓（或血壓）（的縮略形式）;壓（迫）感;
vi. 施加壓力;迫使;使（機艙等）增壓;
?? 詞根助記
press擠壓+ure名詞后綴，表行為、狀態 →壓力
?? 例句
The small box was flattened by the pressure of the heavy book on it.
小盒子被這本厚厚的書壓扁了。
Bell gages may be used to measure gage pressure or differential pressure.
浮鐘式壓力計可以用來測量計示壓力或差壓力。
Oil is cracked by heating under pressure.
石油在一定壓力下加熱分解。
The pressure inside the old submarine was almost unendurable.
老式潛艇內的壓力幾乎是難以忍受的。
This pressure is sometimes referred to as stagnation pressure.
這個壓力有時也叫滯止壓力。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ pre-諧音“怕熱”,s-似“美女”,sure-當然:怕熱的美女當然有壓力
※ pre-諧音“仆人”,s-似“美女”,sure-確信:仆人確信美女承受著巨大的壓力
? 同義詞
?? 詞根
-press-表示“按壓”
?? 牛津釋義
pressure
n
1 [U]
(a) force or weight of sth pressing continuously on or against sth that it touches 壓力; 擠壓
the pressure of the crowd against the barriers 人群推擠柵欄的力量
The pressure of the water caused the wall of the dam to crack. 水的壓力使堤壩決口.
(b) amount of this 壓力之量; 壓強
The tyre is too hard reduce the pressure a bit. 這輪胎太硬, 要減少一點壓力.
Your blood pressure (ie force of the blood in the veins and arteries) is too high. 你的血壓過高.
a pressure of 6 lb to the square inch 每平方英寸6磅的壓力
[attrib 作定語]
a pressure gauge, ie an instrument for measuring the pressure of liquid, gas, air, etc 壓力計
(fig 比喻) work at high pressure 在很大壓力下工作.
2 [U] weight of the air in the atmosphere 大氣的壓力
atmospheric pressure 氣壓
A band of low pressure is moving across the country. 一個低壓帶正橫越該國.
3 [U, C] ~ (of sth); ~ (to do sth) strong or oppressive influence 強大的影響; 壓迫（感）
She left home to escape the pressure to conform to her family's way of life. 她離家出走以求擺脫她家生活方式對她的束縛.
The pressures of city life forced him to move to the country. 都市生活的艱難迫使他遷往鄉村.
4 (idm 習語) bring pressure to bear on sb (to do sth) use force or strong persuasion (to make sb do sth) 對某人施加壓力（使之做某事）
The bank will bring pressure to bear on you if you don't pay. 你要是不付款, 銀行就對你施加壓力.
The council brought pressure to bear on the landlord to improve his property. 市政會向房主施加了壓力, 促使其改善房子的居住條件. put pressure on sb (to do sth) (try to) force sb (to do sth, esp quickly) （試圖）迫使某人（做某事）; （尤指）催逼某人
The birth of twins put pressure on them to find a bigger flat. 他們生了雙胞胎, 不得不尋找一套較大的住房.
I don't want to put pressure on you to make a decision, but we haven't much time left. 我并不想催你做決定, 只是我們剩下的時間已經不多了. under `pressure
(a) (of a liquid or gas held in a container) subject to pressure; compressed （指容器中所含的液體或氣體）受有壓力的, 壓縮的
The gas is stored under pressure in the tank. 該氣體在壓縮狀態下貯存於罐中.
The beer comes out of the barrel under pressure. 啤酒受到壓力從桶中流出.
(b) influenced by urgency or compulsion 被催逼的; 被迫的
work under pressure 在壓力下工作
put sb under pressure (to do sth) 迫使某人（做某事）
come under pressure (to do sth) 被迫（做某事）.
(c) suffering stress 承受壓力的
She is constantly under pressure and it is affecting her health. 她經常負擔很重, 因而影響了健康. pressure, v = pressurize.
?? 考研助記
后綴:ure 構成抽象名詞,表示行為,行為的結果及狀態
?? 擴展釋義
*['pre??]n. 壓, 榨, 按, 強制, 壓力, 壓迫, 壓強vt. 迫使, 使增壓, 密封【化】 壓力; 壓強【醫】 壓[力], 壓迫相關詞組: work at high pressure exert pressure upon pressure sb into doing sth
?? 醫學釋義
①壓力，壓縮 ②電壓，氣壓
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Come in, come in. Please, come in.
請進， 請進。請進來。
It's sunny this afternoon.
今天下午充滿陽光。
No, it's OK.
沒有，還好著呢！