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单词 press
释义 press¹ /pres/
🄰 vt.
1.(push)+ button, switch按;+ accelerator

Drago pressed a button and the door closed.德拉戈按了一个按钮, 门就关上了。

There was no-one at the reception desk, so he pressed a bell for service.前台一个人也没有, 于是他就按了服务铃。

He pressed the accelerator.他踩了下油门。

2.(clasp)+ hand紧握;+ person, part of body紧抱;使紧贴

She gave Tom a big smile and pressed his arm affectionately.她给了汤姆一个大大的笑脸, 亲切地搂住了他的胳膊。

3.(crush)+ garlic, grapes, lemon压榨;挤压

1 clove fresh garlic, pressed or diced新鲜大蒜一瓣, 拍碎或切成丁

I pressed the juice of half a lemon into a glass of water.我把半个柠檬的汁挤进了一杯水里。

The grapes are hand-picked and pressed.这些葡萄是精选后榨汁的。

4.(iron)+ clothes熨平;熨烫

There's a couple of dresses to be pressed.有几条连衣裙需要熨烫。

clean, neatly pressed, conservative clothes干干净净、熨烫平整、式样保守的服装

Vera pressed his shirt.薇拉熨了他的衬衫。

5.(urge)强烈要求;催促;敦促
to press sb to do sth催促某人做某事

Anne was pressing me to tell her all about it.安妮正催促着我把事情全部告诉她。

to press sb into doing sth迫使某人做某事

It's part of a boycott aimed at pressing city officials into apologizing.这是旨在迫使市政府官员道歉的抵制活动的一部分。

He's pressing me into going to stay with him for a few days.他正对我软磨硬泡, 要我去他家住几天。

to press sb for sth向某人催逼某物

Mr King seems certain to be pressed for further details.金先生看上去肯定会被逼说出更多的细节。

He pressed her for an answer.他非要她回答。

to press sb about sth逼问某人某事

She doesn't like to be pressed about her private life.她不喜欢被人逼问私生活。

6.to press sth on sb
(offer)硬要某人接受某物

Food and cigarettes were pressed on him.别人硬塞给他一些食物和香烟。

All I had was money, which I pressed on her reluctant mother.我身上只有钱, 她母亲虽然不愿接受, 我还是硬塞给了她。

7.(put forward strongly)+ demands, claim, viewpoint竭力推行;坚持

The protest campaign has used mass strikes and demonstrations to press its demands.抗议活动通过举行大规模罢工和示威游行来强硬地提出要求。

The group works hard to press the consumer viewpoint.这个团体努力坚持消费者的观点。

to press your case for sth强调需要某物的理由

His officials have visited Washington to press their case for economic aid.他的官员们访问了华盛顿, 力陈他们需要经济救援的理由。

to press charges against sb【律】起诉某人

Police have announced they will not be pressing charges.警方已宣布不会提起诉讼。

I could have pressed charges against him.我本来可以起诉他的。

8.(make in a mould)+ car parts把…压成型;+ CD, record压制
9.to press sth into shape把某物压制成型

What happens at the atomic level when metals are hammered and pressed into shape has always been a mystery.当金属被锤压成型时, 在原子水平上发生了什么一直是个谜。

10.【举重】推举
11.<废>(put to death)用重物压死;重压
12.【史】(recruit)强征…入伍
🄱 vi.
1.(apply pressure)压;按

Don't press too hard!别使劲压!

2.crowd, group of people +推;挤

The audience pressed into the theatre.观众挤进了剧院。

A group of people pressed through the door.一群人从门里挤了过去。

The crowd pressed forward to catch a glimpse of him.观众为看他一眼挤向前去。

3.<文>催逼;紧迫
time presses时间紧迫

Having severe gout in the right hand and time pressing, I went with him to Boulogne to help.虽然我的右手痛风严重, 但时间紧迫, 我就和他一起去布洛涅帮忙了。

4.<废>(recruit forcibly)强行征兵
5.to be pressed into service被临时征用

The local bar has been pressed into service as a school.当地的酒吧被临时征用作学校。

Kenny had been pressed into service to guard the door.肯尼被临时叫来看门。

6.to be hard pressed to do sth很难做某事

The staff at Buckingham Palace would be hard pressed to meet his demands.白金汉宫的工作人员将很难满足他的要求。

The army could well be hard pressed to open up another front.军队很可能无法开辟另一条战线。

See alsohard-pressed
Phrasal Verbspress ahead,press back,press down,press for,press in,press on,press out
press² /pres/ n.
1.the press
(newspapers)(统称)新闻界;(尤指)报界

The British press is full of articles on the election results.英国的报纸上登满了关于选举结果的文章。

(in the newspapers)在报纸上

There have been some nasty stories in the press.报纸上有一些恶毒的报道。

Owen 's speech was widely reported in the press.报纸广泛报道了欧文的演讲。

freedom of the press新闻自由

2.the press
(opinions, reviews)新闻舆论;报刊评论
3.(news media workers)新闻从业人员

A meeting was called, but the press was not admitted.召开了一次会议, 但是不允许记者进入。

to meet the press与媒体见面;会见记者

Christie looked relaxed and calm as he met the press afterwards.在之后与媒体见面时, 克里斯蒂看上去平静而放松。

A friend of mine was rung up by the press.我的一个朋友接到了记者的电话。

4.(printing machine)印刷机

He watched as the print emerged from the press.他在一旁看着印刷品从印刷机里出来。

He was writing the book up to the moment the presses rolled.直到付梓的那一刻他还在写那本书。

to be at the pressorto be in the press正在印刷
book +付印;出版;newspaper, magazine +付印

We check prices at the time of going to press.在付印时, 我们会核查价格。

5.(publishing house)(通常用于名称)出版社
the Hogarth Press霍格斯出版社
6.(for flattening)压平机
(for extracting liquid)压榨机;榨汁器

They tipped the grapes into the press.他们把葡萄倒进了压榨机里。

a cider press苹果榨汁机

7.(crowd)拥挤的人群

The little office became stale and overheated from the press of so many bodies.那么多人挤在一起, 小办公室变得空气污浊, 闷热不堪。

8.(push)推挤;压;按
+ switch, button, bell按一下

Just give the button a press.就按一下这个按钮。

He gave the bell a press but couldn't hear anything.他按了一下门铃, 但是没听到任何声音。

at the press of sth只需按下…

All this can be called up at the press of a switch.只需按下开关, 所有这一切都能调出来。

a TV which rises from a table at the press of a button按下按钮就能从桌子里升上来的电视机

9.(for clothes, linen)柜橱;(尤指)大衣柜
10.【体】(网球拍等的)球拍夹具
11.【举重】推举
12.<过时>(urgency)(事务的)紧迫, 急迫
13.to get a bad press受到(媒体或专家的)恶评(或批评)

the bad press that career women consistently get in this country职业女性在这个国家一贯受到的恶评

14.to get a good press获得(媒体或专家的)好评(或赞颂)

It was certainly true that, as far as outside observers were concerned, Scotland was unlikely to get a very good press.在外部观察家看来, 苏格兰不大可能受到媒体好评, 这的确是实情。

press³ /pres/ comp.
+ photographer, reporter报社的;+ censorship, freedom新闻界的

the boundary between privacy and press freedom隐私权与新闻自由之间的界限

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