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| 1 | a small object that you press to make a machine start working or perform a particular action 按钮 |
| Just press this button to start the computer. 就按这个按钮打开计算机。 |
| Press the pause button. 按暂停键。 |
| Click the left mouse button twice. 双击鼠标左键。 |
| | 1a | one of the small parts on a telephone that you press to call a number （电话的）按键 | | a push-button phone 按键式电话 | |
| | 1b | a symbol on a computer screen that you can use to start programs （计算机屏幕上显示的）按钮 | | Click on the Start button. 单击开始按钮。 | |
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| 2 | a small round object that is used for fastening clothes by pushing it through a hole 纽扣；扣子 |
| He had undone the top button of his shirt. 他解开了衬衫最上面的纽扣。 |
| a cardigan with small pearl buttons 有小粒珍珠纽扣的羊毛衫 |
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| 3 | AMERICAN a round badge that you wear on your clothes 圆形小徽章 |
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| - | at the touch of a button
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| if a machine works at the touch of a button , it works extremely quickly and easily |
| （机器运转）极快地 |
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| Customers can buy and sell stock at the touch of a button. 顾客可以极快地买卖股票。 |
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| - | push/press sb’ s buttons
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| 1 | to deliberately say something in order to make someone angry or upset （故意）激怒某人，惹恼某人 | I try not to get mad, but he knows exactly how to push all my buttons. 我试着不发火，但他恰恰知道如何来惹恼我。 | |
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| 2 | to make someone sexually excited 激起某人的性欲 |
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| - | push/press the right buttons mainly journalism
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| to please an audience with a political speech by saying things that the audience agrees with |
| （政治性发言）正合听众的口味 |
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| The Prime Minister’ s speech pushed all the right buttons. 首相的讲话正合所有听众的口味。 |
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