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  1. noun
    2. PUSHING
    PERSUADING
  2. verb
pressurenounuk/ˈpreʃ.ər/ us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/

pressure noun PUSHING

C2 [ U ] the force you produce when you press something壓力

He put too much pressure on the door handle and it snapped.他用力過猛，把門把手弄斷了。
You can stop bleeding by applying pressure close to the injured area.壓住傷口邊緣可以止血。

C1 [ C or U ] the force that a liquid or gas produces when it presses against an area（液體或氣體産生的）壓力，壓強

gas/water pressure氣／水壓
The new material allows the company to make gas pipes which withstand higher pressures.新材料使得公司可以生産出耐壓力更強的輸氣管道。
The gas is stored under pressure (= in a container which keeps it at a higher pressure than it would usually have).這種氣體是加壓貯存的。

More examples

If you apply pressure to a cut it's meant to stop the bleeding.

She tried to cure the pain in my knee by putting manual pressure on the joint.

The alarm is activated by the lightest pressure.

My ankle is extremely painful if I put any pressure on it.

The vacuum inside the tube caused it to implode when the external air pressure was increased.

pressure noun PERSUADING

B2 the act of trying to make someone else do something by arguing, persuading, etc.壓力，緊迫；催促

public/political pressure公衆／政治壓力
Teachers are under increasing pressure to work longer hours.教師們被迫長時間工作，壓力越來越大。
[ + to infinitive ] Pressure to abandon the new motorway is increasing.要求放棄修建這條新的高速公路的呼聲與日俱增。
The government is facing pressure from environmental activists.政府正面臨着來自環境保護主義者的壓力。
The Defence Secretary resigned under pressure from the Prime Minister (= because the Prime Ministerforced him to).國防大臣是在首相的壓力下辭職的。
She's putting pressure on him (= trying to persuade him) to get married.她在逼他結婚。
formal The international community is trying to bring pressure to bear on the government (= trying to persuade them) to resolve the situation.國際社會正試圖說服該國政府解決問題。

B2 [ C or U ] a difficult situation that makes you feel worried or unhappy壓力；困擾

She's got a lot of pressure on her at work just now.她現在工作壓力很大。
Be nice to him - he's been under a lot of pressure recently.對他好一點——最近他壓力很大。
Can you work well under pressure?你在壓力下工作能做得好嗎？
the pressures of work工作壓力
so no pressure then! humorous

something that you say when what someone has just said makes you feel that you must try very hard to do something壓力來了

"These exams are the most important of all." "Oh, so no pressure then!"“這些考試是所有考試中最重要的。”“哦！有壓力了吧！”

[ U ] a situation in a football game in which attacking players are moving forward and getting closer to scoring a goal, and players from the opposing team have to work hard to stop them from scoring（足球比賽中）一方向前進攻，臨近進球，對方不得不全力防守

Ryan Giggs put the home defence under pressure.瑞恩·吉格斯給主場球隊的防守施壓。
Playing four forwards puts too much pressure on the defence.派出四名前鋒會對防守造成太大壓力。

More examples

They are putting pressure on the government to equalize state pension ages between men and women.

Some managers exert considerable pressure on their staff to work extra hours without being paid.

He's putting pressure on me to change my mind.

Despite renewed pressure to give up the occupied territory, they will not yield.

Her confession could not be admitted as evidence because it was given under pressure from the police.

pressureverb [ T ]uk/ˈpreʃ.ər/ us/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/ US UK pressurize

to strongly persuade someone to do something they do not want to do強迫，對…施加壓力

She was pressured into joining the club.她被迫加入那個俱樂部。

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