英语词汇“under the pump”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

under the pump

Australian Under pressure to do something: they kept their composure well when we were under the pump...

I was under the pump a little bit to get myself ready in the last couple of weeks with some back tightness.
By any count the brothers are under the pump as current difficulties are used to rationalize again.
There are plenty of other senior executives inside the bank who should be under the pump.

Probably from an old practice of forcibly holding someone under a pump in a public place and pumping water over them, e.g. as a form of punishment

See parent entry: pump

单词	under the pump
释义	under the pump Australian Under pressure to do something: they kept their composure well when we were under the pump... I was under the pump a little bit to get myself ready in the last couple of weeks with some back tightness. By any count the brothers are under the pump as current difficulties are used to rationalize again. There are plenty of other senior executives inside the bank who should be under the pump. Probably from an old practice of forcibly holding someone under a pump in a public place and pumping water over them, e.g. as a form of punishment See parent entry: pump
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