B1 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to push something firmly, often without causing it to move permanently further away from you按,压;推;挤
[ T ] to make clothes smooth by ironing them熨平,烫平
[ T ] to put a weight on fruit in order to remove the juice挤取,榨取(果汁)
[ T ] to make a CD, DVD, etc.制作,录制(唱片)
[ T ] to make something flat and firm by putting it under something heavy把…压平,压扁
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Peel off the backing strip and press the label down firmly.
I put my money in the slot and pressed the button but nothing came out.
I pressed the buzzer and after a while someone came to the door.
Mike pressed hard on the wound and staunched the flow of blood.
He inserted the CD and pressed the 'play' button.
C2 [ T ] to try hard to persuade someone to do something敦促;逼迫;催促
C2 to complain officially about someone in a law court提起诉讼
to continue to try to make people accept your demands坚持,竭力要求
B2 newspapers and magazines, and those parts of television and radio that broadcast news, or reporters and photographers who work for them报刊;报道;新闻界;记者,新闻工作者
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The government is being widely criticized in the press for failing to limit air pollution.
The judge issued a gagging order to prevent the witnesses from speaking to the press.
Jones was censured for leaking a secret report to the press.
The school issued the press with a statement about its plans.
I never said that at all - the press misquoted me.
C1 [ S or U ] the judgment that is given of someone or something in the newspapers or on radio or television新闻舆论,媒体评论
[ C ] a business that prints and produces books and similar things出版社;印刷所
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Edinburgh University Press
published by Manchester University Press
[ C ] a machine that is used for printing印刷机
[ C usually singular ] a firm push against something using the fingers按,压,推,挤
[ S ] the act of making cloth smooth with an iron熨烫
[ C ] a piece of equipment that is used to put weight on something in order to crush it, remove liquid from it or to make it flat压平器;压榨机;熨烫机
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