pressure

英[ˈpreʃə(r)]美[ˈpreʃər]

n.压力，气压，催促，紧张；

v.强迫；

复数：pressures;

例句

The engine is letting off steam to relieve the pressure in the boiler.机车在放蒸汽, 以减少锅炉的气压。

The pressure on the enemy is building up.对敌人的压力在不断加强。

This type of sheet steel could stand high pressure.这种薄钢板能抗高压。

to pressure someone into doing something迫使某人做某事

He changed his mind under the pressure from others.他在别人的逼迫之下改变了主意。

He performed well under pressure.他在压力之下表现得很好。

His lifestyle predisposed him to high blood pressure.他的生活方式容易使他患高血压。

Judges must be independent of political pressure.法官们一定不能受**压力的影响。

the pressure of having to meet externally imposed targets实现外部强加的目标的压力

Steam pressure exploded the boiler.蒸汽的压力使锅炉爆炸了。

英语六级真题

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 emerging markets), the long-term drop in petroleum consumption in the United States, and some displacement of oil by substitutes.

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

Without sustained external pressure it seems certain Mr.

Pressure from tobacco manufacturers remains strong.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

The gas can be stored under pressure in a tank.

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

This unique ecosystem may soon be under pressure.

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.

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

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

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-UNCOUNT

压力

Pressure is force that you produce when you press hard on something.

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N-UNCOUNT

压力；气压；压强

The pressure in a place or container is the force produced by the quantity of gas or liquid in that place or container.

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N-UNCOUNT

（向某人施加的）压力

If there is pressure on a person, someone is trying to persuade or force them to do something.

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N-UNCOUNT

（工作等的）压力

If you are experiencing pressure, you feel that you must do a lot of tasks or make a lot of decisions in very little time, or that people expect a lot from you.

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VERB

强迫；迫使；竭力劝说

If you pressure someone to do something, you try forcefully to persuade them to do it.

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英汉词典释义

n.

压(力), 压强

强制, 压迫

压力；挤压

大气压

催促；要求；呼吁；强迫

心理压力；紧张

穷困；艰难，困苦；困扰

精神(或**)压力；社会(或舆论)压力

紧急，紧迫；繁重，繁忙

气压(或血压)(的缩略形式)

【物理学】压力；压强；电压

使野生动物趋向减少的因素

压(迫)感，轻压皮肤引起的感觉

密封增压

vt.

[美国英语]对…施加压力；迫使

vi.

施加压力

英英词典释义

Noun

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

2. a force that compels;

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

4. the state of urgently demanding notice or attention;

5. the somatic sensation of pressure;

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";

2. exert pressure on someone through threats

行业词典

体育： 压强；进攻压力；

力学： 压强；

医学： 压〔力〕，压迫：压、拉、推或切的应力；

土木工程： 压强；

机械： 压力［位式］控制器；［step-type］ controller, pressure switch 又称“压力开关”。当压力达到设定值时进行位式控制或(和)报警的仪表。；压力式温度计；pressure-filled ther-mometer 利用充灌式感温系统测量温度的仪表。；

水利： 压强；作用于单位面积上的压力。；

法律： 压力；

物理学： 压致超导相变；pressure-induced superconducting phase transition；压致磁［性］相变；pressure-induced magnetic phase transition；压致结晶；pressure-induced crystallization；压致软模相变；pressure-induced soft mode phase transition；

电力： 水锤法；pressure-time method, Gibson method 又称“吉布森法”。；

航天： 压强；

航空： 压强；全称“压力强度”。流体沿某一平面的法线方向作用于该面上的每单位面积上的力，力的方向指向被作用的面。；

药学： 压力；