| 单词 | pressure |
| 释义 | pressure (preʃəʳ ) Word forms: pressures , pressuring , pressured 1. uncountable noun B2 Pressure is force that you produce when you press hard on something. She kicked at the door with her foot, and the pressure was enough to open it. The pressure of his fingers had relaxed. The best way to treat such bleeding is to apply firm pressure. Synonyms: force, crushing, squeezing, compressing 2. uncountable noun B2 The pressure in a place or container is the force produced by the quantity of gas or liquid in that place or container. The window in the cockpit had blown in and the pressure dropped dramatically. Warm air is being drawn in from a high pressure area. 3. uncountable noun B2 If there is pressure on a person, someone is trying to persuade or force them to do something. He may have put pressure on her to agree. [+ on] Its government is under pressure from the European Commission. The political pressures to do something are pretty enormous. Synonyms: power, influence, force, obligation 4. uncountable noun B2 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. Can you work under pressure? Even if I had the talent to play tennis I couldn't stand the pressure. The pressures of modern life are great. [+ of] Synonyms: stress, demands, difficulty, strain 5. verb B2 If you pressure someone to do something, you try forcefully to persuade them to do it. He will never pressure you to get married. [VERB noun to-infinitive] The Government should not be pressured into making hasty decisions. [be VERB-ed + into] Don't pressure me. [VERB noun] His boss did not pressure him for results. [VERB noun + for] Synonyms: force, influence, persuade, compel pressured adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2 You're likely to feel anxious and pressured. 6. See also blood pressure Quotations: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen Collocations: added pressure He doesn't need the added pressure of this. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It was my first full game as captain with all the added pressures. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The stress of the wedding day is enough without this added pressure. Christianity Today (2000) As competitive pressures ease, so should the pace of house price inflation. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Yet banks will have to weigh political and public pressure to curb pay against competitive pressures. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Food suppliers are likely to be squeezed further by competitive pressures in the retail sector. Times, Sunday Times (2014) She is also keen not to add to the considerable pressure on her son. Times, Sunday Times (2008) We have seen considerable pressure on real incomes and consumers are feeling the pinch. Times, Sunday Times (2011) This has placed considerable pressure on my family and myself. The Sun (2006) I worked because I wanted to, without external pressure. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But once divorce became easier in the early 1970s there was less internal or external pressure on a couple to try to work things out when a relationship came under strain. Times, Sunday Times (2008) This is when she's just being herself, there's no external pressure to look or behave in a certain way. Times, Sunday Times (2011) I am not putting extra pressure on myself. Times, Sunday Times (2011) But the union insisted that bus drivers will be under extra pressure. The Sun (2011) Did success add extra pressure or give you extra confidence? The Sun (2015) Chief executives can feel extreme pressure when the company's success is directly linked to their performance. Times, Sunday Times (2007) In fact it's quite common to maintain calm under this sort of extreme pressure. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings (2005) It was a traumatic period and he was under extreme pressure. Self-Hypnosis (1994) Take the same action as #1, only prepare to apply firm pressure to get all involved below the surface to see reality. Christianity Today Apply firm pressure with a clean pad. The Sun To fight sagging, loose skin, press your palms over your cheekbones, then sweep outwards and upwards towards the hairline while applying firm pressure. The Sun Stimuli range from a firm pressure applied to the skin a scratch to irritation or pulling on a hair follicle on the skin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have always felt a huge pressure to be successful to show men that I am their equal. Times, Sunday Times (2009) They are under huge pressures to excel. Times, Sunday Times (2015) She was clearly putting huge pressure on herself. Times, Sunday Times (2009) GP surgeries are under immense pressure from the demands of an ageing population. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In the first half we put our opponents under immense pressure. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The domestic economy is under immense pressure. Times, Sunday Times (2008) This slump would put intense pressure on inflation, driving up costs and leading to slower growth. Times, Sunday Times (2016) And that on a day when he was under the most intense pressure and scrutiny imaginable. The Sun (2010) Energy companies are under intense pressure to win back consumer trust. Times, Sunday Times (2012) There's more pressure on women to be managing a brilliant career, an engaged family life and a busy social life. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Maybe it has put a bit more pressure on my team for us to play well and it might make it a little bit harder. The Sun (2011) Ministers needed put more pressure on food companies to make the food in the shops healthier. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Their built-in pressure regulator slows the rapid pressure change that causes the discomfort you've experienced. The Sun Made mostly from stainless steel, the valve system was the first to incorporate a pressure regulator directly into the marker. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fuel pressure was regulated by a vacuum-controlled pressure regulator, located on the return side of the second fuel rail. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This attachment typically has a pressure regulator with upstream (inlet) and downstream (outlet) pressure gauges and a further downstream needle valve and outlet connection. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It includes a pressure regulator, air filtration and a carbon monoxide monitor/alarm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Meetings are missed, deliveries are late, tempers are frayed and blood pressure rises. Times, Sunday Times As the volume of blood increases, so blood pressure rises. Times,Sunday Times Scientists have decreed that as your blood pressure rises, the risk of cardiovascular disease rises with it, in a smooth and linear fashion. Times, Sunday Times If brain pressure rises then the differential shrinks — and the brain gets less oxygen — and people experience cognitive and memory problems. Times, Sunday Times But as financial pressure rises with bookings falling, this may change. Times,Sunday Times The robot operates on a timer, but the scientists say that the assembly could be triggered by a temperature or pressure sensor or switched on using a smartphone. Times, Sunday Times Alternatively a pressure sensor could be used to set it off if the casing was forced open. Times, Sunday Times How about a tyre pressure sensor that will let you know when your rubber's going flat? The Sun A surface acoustic wave pressure sensor simply replaces the diaphragm with a piezoelectric substrate patterned with interdigitated electrodes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A pressure sensor in the combustion chamber was shutting down the engine when it seemed normal combustion pressure was not being reached. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The smooth talk and pressure tactics can make it easy to fall prey to such scams. Times, Sunday Times Also beware people who use pressure tactics to get you to agree to something you don't fully understand or feel comfortable with. Times, Sunday Times Last year a number of large charities were found to have hired fundraisers who were using high pressure tactics to raise money over the telephone. Times, Sunday Times The movement provides environmental education resources, and also uses legal avenues and political pressure tactics such as lobbying to achieve their aims. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pressure tactics may include picketing with the intention of embarrassing management or disrupting business, as well as assisting the government in investigating employment law and labor law violations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It became increasingly obvious how much we had relied on the pressure valve of my work trips. Times,Sunday Times Sometimes, yourself a free pass and pressure valve a bit can produce golf. The Sun In others there's no pressure valve to be released because everyone expects you to win the game handsomely. Times, Sunday Times This week's events seemed to serve as a temporary pressure valve. Houston Chronicle One school describes its club as a pressure valve, allowing teachers to sort out problems before they turn into emergencies. Times, Sunday Times I've tried bleach, limescale remover and a pressure washer - no luck. Times, Sunday Times (2018) This mobile pressure washer will enable you to effortlessly solve tough outdoor cleaning jobs. Times, Sunday Times (2009) This compact pressure washer is small enough to carry but really packs a punch. The Sun (2016) A neat little pressure washer that can be tucked away in a corner once you've finished blasting the mould off your patio and furniture. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Clean up for spring with this fully mobile pressure washer kit. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The courage they needed was to overcome not just the enemy ahead, but the raw psychological pressure they were subject to. Times, Sunday Times They will earn 85 a day and will be allowed to abandon ship if the psychological pressure becomes intolerable. Times, Sunday Times Officials behind the scheme said that the teahouse 'removed the psychological pressure you would have talking face-to-face in an office'. Times, Sunday Times Psychological pressure or harmless kidology? Times, Sunday Times This can be especially damaging if perceptions are attacked or controlled, or various tools of psychological pressure applied. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Inevitably, this way of working put pressure on the proof stage as a further creative effort. The Times Literary Supplement (2013) We played in the wrong areas of the field and put pressure on our front five to take passes that were difficult to take. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Shareholders need to put pressure on banks to shun audit firms seen as a soft touch. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Apparently the useless civil servants would put pressure on the minister to have a spending spree as the end of the financial year approached. The Sun (2016) Brunt again put pressure on City with a curling free-kick that flew just wide. The Sun (2011) Cheap oil has reduced the pressure on airlines to re-equip their fleets with new and more efficient engines. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He has since undergone three operations to reduce pressure on his brain and remove remaining tumour tissues. The Sun (2008) In the battle to come, it essential to exert relentless pressure on the public sector to provide the same services for far less money. Times, Sunday Times Up to 37,000 criminals face 'relentless pressure' as they are targeted for noise nuisance, motoring offences and breach of council rules. The Sun The result of this relentless pressure was a stream of innovations. Times, Sunday Times This was about 2½ minutes after we had 14 minutes of relentless pressure. The Sun But because of her extraordinary generosity she faced relentless pressure from fundraisers, and last year took her own life. Times, Sunday Times Doctors removed it during emergency surgery to relieve pressure on her swelling brain. Times, Sunday Times They didn't put together those essential 10-minute spells of possession that relieve pressure. The Sun The system was supposed to relieve pressure on social housing, although some argue that it has inflated rental prices for private tenants. Times, Sunday Times She has had two operations to relieve pressure on her brain, one when she was just seven months old. Times, Sunday Times Over four years she had multiple procedures to relieve pressure in her ears. The Sun Resist pressure from people who play on your sympathy. The Sun Doctors have also been told by their professional leaders to resist pressure to hand out unnecessary prescriptions. Times, Sunday Times However, pilots are trained to resist pressure to take wrong decisions. Times, Sunday Times In love, too, resist pressure to do or say things you don't feel. The Sun The college issues guidance to surgeons today on how to resist pressure. Times, Sunday Times Under severe pressure from trustees, faculty, students, and alumni, the unpopular president resigns. Christianity Today Supplies elsewhere in the world remain under severe pressure. The Sun My body and mind were under severe pressure. Times,Sunday Times The previously under-performing athletes of track and field were under severe pressure. The Sun Once the referee gets it into his mind that you are a weak link, you are going to be under severe pressure. Times, Sunday Times They need to liberate themselves from the personal and societal pressure constantly to prove their masculinity. Times, Sunday Times Is decorum and societal pressure all that constrains them from seeking out and coupling with their fantasy dark strangers? Times, Sunday Times She felt acute societal pressure to be good at everything. Times, Sunday Times Additionally, societal pressure to marry young can conflict with attaining a university education. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She tries on and discards personas that do not feel right, continuously attempting to balance them against self-imposed and societal pressures. Smithsonian Mag And this subtle pressure has us, before we know it, jumping through hoops. Christianity Today That's right; it's a subtle pressure to maintain a false peace. Christianity Today His success will depend on manipulating aerodynamics and creating subtle pressure imbalances on either side of the ball, by positioning the seam so it acts as a rudder. Times, Sunday Times The existing results show that our sensor can be applied for measuring the subtle pressure in real life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Also, many students feel subtle pressure to participate in order not to offend professors who may later be grading their work. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At this point, the mercury level in the blood pressure machine, the sphygmomanometer ('sphyg'), gives the systolic pressure. Times, Sunday Times To perform the test, one first inflates the blood pressure cuff above systolic pressure to obliterate the radial pulse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As adults age, systolic pressure tends to rise and diastolic tends to fall. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For most individuals, during aerobic exercise, the systolic pressure progressively increases while the diastolic remains about the same. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Elevated systolic pressure (hypertension) predicts myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure and a variety of other cardiovascular diseases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lack of funding and time pressures do not excuse the inefficiency in some parts of the service. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They were under no real time pressure, their thoughts were considered. Times, Sunday Times (2011) There is a great deal of time pressure at work. Everything You Need to Know for Success in Business (1990) I used to put myself under tremendous pressure when I played. Times, Sunday Times (2015) There's tremendous pressure on women to stay young and beautiful. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In part this resulted from the tremendous pressures that many industrialists applied to their workers. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995) If it has been around a little while, there is no undue pressure to make an offer. Times, Sunday Times (2012) More than 90 per cent of nurses feel that the target puts them under undue pressure to perform. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Transport campaigners say that the rises will put undue pressure on household budgets. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This is putting upward pressure on emerging market currencies, asset prices and inflation rates. Times, Sunday Times (2010) There is concern over consumer spending, inflation and upward pressure on wages. Times, Sunday Times (2017) In turn, this acceleration in activity put upward pressure on prices, stoking inflation. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Since that requires them to buy the yen, the currency comes under yet more upward pressure. Times, Sunday Times (2007) So there's little wage pressure, they claim, as the grey economy will shrink as prospects in the formal economy improve. Times, Sunday Times That number reinforces fears that the labour market has become very tight in the past year, a harbinger, perhaps, of upward wage pressure and broader inflation. Times, Sunday Times She said she would consider moving if 'we start to see more wage pressure in the labour market'. Times, Sunday Times All this should be consistent with rising wage pressure. Times, Sunday Times This, combined with nearly a decade of wage pressure and inadequate workforce planning, has intensified pressures. Times, Sunday Times Nerve: the ability to withstand pressure, which you need a lot of at the top-flight level - crowd pressure, player management, etc. ST That referees have become professional in recent times should, in theory, mean that they are better equipped psychologically to withstand pressure to favour home teams. Times, Sunday Times She must be open-minded, able to withstand pressure and be in good health. Times, Sunday Times His detractors question his pedigree, his signings and his ability to set up a team so that they are able to withstand pressure. Times, Sunday Times She has natural talent, a committed work ethic, a willingness to learn, athleticism and a mind strong enough to withstand pressure at a young age. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 压力, 施加压力, 压力因极力劝说或强迫某人做某事而造成的 Japanese: 圧力, 圧力を加える, プレッシャー |
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