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  • Conjugation : past  pressured ; ing  pressuring
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

pressure ['prεʃər]
  1. 1. noun [u] (physical force) 压力
  2. 2. noun [of air] [ gas] [ water] 压强
  3. 3. noun [u] [fig] pressure (to do sth) (coercion) (做某事的)压力
  4. 4. noun [c/u] (stress) 压力
  5. 5. vt. to pressure sb (to do sth) 强使某人(做某事)
    high/low pressure
    高/低压
    to put pressure on sb (to do sth)
    某人施加压力(去做某事)
    under pressure
    压力
    to be under pressure to do sth
    被迫做某事
    to pressure sb into doing sth
    迫使某人做某事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

pressure [ˈpreʃər]
  1. 1. n.[c] [Physics] 压强
    The compressed gas exerts an increased pressure.
    压缩气体产生了更高的压力
  2. 2. n.[c/u] 压力
    The public brought pressure to bear on the government.
    公众政府施加压力
  3. 3. n.[u] 挤,压,按
    He used pressure to stop the bleeding.
    他以按压方式帮助止血
  4. 4. n.[u] 急切迫切紧迫
  5. 5. n.[u] 受压感
    The sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal.
    他的皮肤压力温度敏感度正常的
  6. 6. n.[u] 沉重困扰压力
  7. 7. n.[u] [Meteorology] 大气压力
  8. 8. vt. 对……施加压力
  9. 9. vt. 迫使强制压迫
  10. 10. vt. 增压密封
  11. 11. vt. 压力锅蒸煮

Collins English-English Dictionary

pressure ['prεʃə]
  1. 1. n the normal force applied to a unit area of a surface, usually measured in pascals (newtons per square metre), millibars, torr, or atmospheres p
  2. 2. n the state of pressing or being pressed
  3. 3. n the exertion of force by one body on the surface of another
  4. 4. n a moral force that compels
    to bring pressure to bear
  5. 5. n an urgent claim or demand or series of urgent claims or demands
    to work under pressure
  6. 6. n a burdensome condition that is hard to bear
    the pressure of grief
  7. 7. n short for atmospheric pressure blood pressure
  8. 8. vt. [tr] to constrain or compel, as by the application of moral force
  9. 9. vt. another word for pressurize
  10. 10. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Late Latin pressura a pressing, from Latin premere to press

Examples

The minimum pressure required to liquefy a gas at its critical temperature is its critical pressure.
使气体临界温度时液化所需要的最小压力就是该气体的临界压力。
atmospheric pressure
(大)气压(力)
political pressure
政治压力
vulnerable to political pressure
易屈从于政治压力的
Boiling points vary according to the barometric or atmospheric pressure.
沸点会随大气压力发生变化。
I can feel the pressure of the last few months beginning to catch up with me.
我感到这几个月来的工作压力已经让我体力不支了。

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