pressure
- IPA[ˈpreʃə(r)]
美式
英式
- 壓力；氣壓
- 強迫
過去式：pressured 過去分詞：pressured 現在分詞：pressuring
名詞複數：pressures
- 釋義
- 同反義
名詞
- 1. 壓力 to apply pressure to sth., to exert or put pressure on sth. 給某物施加壓力 the machine is running at full pressure 這臺機器在全速運轉
- 2. 氣壓 a band of low pressure 低壓帶 atmospheric pressure 大氣壓
- 3. 催促 pressure on/from sb. 施加給／來自某人的壓力 the pressures of sth./doing sth. 某事／做某事的壓力
- 4. 堵塞; 擁擠
及物動詞
- 1. 強迫 to pressure sb. to do sth. or into doing sth. 強迫某人做某事 stop trying to pressure me! 別勉強我！
同義詞
1. the force per unit area exerted by a fluid against a surface with which it is in contact
- (physical) force
- , load
- , stress
- , thrust
- , compression
- , compressing
- , squeezing
- , crushing
- , weight
- , heaviness
2. the use of persuasion or intimidation to make someone do something
- coercion
- , force
- , compulsion
- , constraint
- , duress
- , oppression
- , enforcement
- , insistence
- , demand
- , entreaty
- , goading
- , pestering
- , provocation
- , harassment
- , nagging
- , harrying
- , badgering
- , intimidation
- , arm-twisting
- , pressurization
- , persuasion
- , influence
- , badassery
3. a sense of stressful urgency caused by having too many demands on one's time or resources
