pressure point

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Humanpressure pointˈpressure point noun [countable] 1 SERIOUS SITUATIONa place or situation where there may be trouble a pressure point for racial tension2 HBHa place on the body that can be pressed, either to stop bleeding or to help make you feel betterExamples from the Corpuspressure point• Some or the political personalities saw it as a new political pressure point on the Westminster government.• As she held him she searched for and found the pressure point in his armpit, and stopped the gush of blood.

单词	pressure point
释义	pressure point From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Humanpressure pointˈpressure point noun [countable] 1 SERIOUS SITUATIONa place or situation where there may be trouble a pressure point for racial tension2 HBHa place on the body that can be pressed, either to stop bleeding or to help make you feel betterExamples from the Corpuspressure point• Some or the political personalities saw it as a new political pressure point on the Westminster government.• As she held him she searched for and found the pressure point in his armpit, and stopped the gush of blood.
随便看	hold out the prospect of hold out the prospect/promise of something hold over hold prisoner hold prisoner hold promise etc hold rating hold responsible hold responsible hold responsible for hold responsible for hold somebody close/tightly hold somebody for ransom hold somebody in awe hold somebody in high/great esteem hold somebody incommunicado hold somebody prisoner/hostage/captive hold somebody responsible (for something) hold somebody responsible/accountable/liable (for something) hold somebody to ransom hold somebody to ransom hold somebody/something in high esteem/regard hold somebody/something up as something hold somebody/something ↔ down hold somebody’s interest/attention