【press音标】 英[pres] 美[pres]
【单词释义】 press是什么意思：
vt.压，按；逼迫；紧抱
vi.压；逼迫；重压
n.记者；新闻工作者；报刊；报章杂志；印刷媒体；新闻报道，出版物；强迫征兵；压榨；印刷机（厂）
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] presses [第三人称单数] presses
[单词现在分词] pressing
[单词过去式] pressed
[单词过去分词] pressed
【关联词/派生词】
pressure n.压（力）；压力；压强 v.施加压力；迫使；使…增压
pressing adj.紧迫的，紧急的；迫切的；恳切的 v.压，按；逼迫；紧抱(press的现在分词) n.压，压制；模压制品
【press形近词/近似词】
oppress v. 压迫，压制；欺压；使压抑，使烦恼
suppress vt.镇压，压制；阻止（进程或活动）；封锁
cypress n.柏树；柏木属植物
compress vt.压紧；精简，浓缩；压缩 n.止血敷布
impress v. 给…以深刻印象；使意识到
repress v. 压抑；抑制，克制（行为）；（尤指用武力）镇压，压制
depress vt.使抑郁，使沮丧；降低，抑制
express vt.表达；表示 n.快车；快递服务
【单词例句】
◇ "Just press the latch," called out the grandmother. "I'm too weak to get up."
“你拉一下门栓就行了，”奶奶大声说，“我身上没有力气，起不来。”
---- Little Red Cap
◇ Every one speaks these words in his own language. The butterfly came also to Marguerite to inquire, but he did not pluck off her leaves; he pressed a kiss on each of them, for he thought there was always more to be done by kindness.
每个人可以用自己的语言问。蝴蝶也来问了；但是他不摘下花瓣，却吻起每片花瓣来。因为他认为只有善意才能得到最好的回答。
---- The Butterfly
◇ A steward instantly asked us to put on masks and fasten the safety belts, and then pressed a button to switch on the escaping capsule. It slid sideways out of the opening at once and landed in a desert area safely.
一名乘务员立刻让我们戴上面罩、系牢安全带，接着按下一枚按钮打开逃生仓电源，逃生仓马上侧着滑出出口，安全降落在一片荒凉的地区。
---- An Air Crash
◇ You love and cultivate those labels because of the freedom they allow you to be yourself. The worst thing, then - the very worst thing of all, in your eyes - is being pressed into a mold, being told what to do, having to obey, and being forced to act like everyone else.
你热爱自由，喜欢创意。在你看来，最糟糕的事莫过于将你模式化，告诉你必须遵循什么或是和其他人做一样的事。
---- The most unbearable thing for the twelve zodiac signs
◇ It might feel as though pressing the snooze button in the morning gives you a little bit of extra rest to start your day, but the truth is that it does more harm than good.
你可能觉得早晨按掉闹钟能让你起床前多休息一会儿，但其实这样做弊大于利。
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ "Can you break that ? " he asked the youngest son. The boy put his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood.
“你能折断这个吗？”他问最小的儿子。小伙子用膝盖顶住，两只手又压又拉，都不能把那捆树枝弄弯。
---- A Bundle of Sticks
◇ The two of them silhouetted against the window light at the end of the long hall. My father leaning over my mother's,pressed forehead to forehead. The word“Surgery”on the doors behind them forming a caption for the picture they made. Hands clasped together as if believing they held each other's hearts. As longingly as the first time they had reached for each other,as desperately as two lovers being forced apart.
二人的身影好像一幅剪影投射在长廊上，身后“手术室”三个字构成了这一画面的字幕。父亲俯在母亲所躺的病床边，彼此额头紧贴，紧握着对方的手仿佛紧握着对方的心，恰似他们当年那样渴望得到对方，又如同一对恋人被强行拆散时那样地绝望。
---- To Love Enough