【pressure音标】 英[ˈpreʃə(r)] 美[ˈpreʃər]
【单词释义】 pressure是什么意思：
n.压（力）；压力；气压（或血压）（的缩略形式）；压（迫）感；大气压
v.施加压力；迫使；使…增压
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] pressures [第三人称单数] pressures
[单词现在分词] pressuring
[单词过去式] pressured
[单词过去分词] pressured
【关联词/派生词】
press vt.压，按；逼迫；紧抱 n.记者；报章杂志；新闻报道
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
【单词例句】
◇ She mildly squeezed the poisonous liquid out of his throat and put bandages firmly in place to apply pressure to the ankle wound to stop bleeding.
她轻轻地从他喉咙里把有毒液体挤了出来；并在脚踝合适的位置紧紧扎上绷带，施加压力使伤口的流血止住；
---- First Aid
◇ 'Apple peel also has blood-pressure lowering actions similar to those of ACE inhibitor drugs,' Dr Brewer said.
布鲁尔医生说：“苹果皮还能降血压，类似于血管紧张素转化酶抑制剂药物。”
---- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
◇ Second, breakfast may help to balance blood sugar levels and control blood pressure.
其次，早餐可能有助于平衡血糖水平和控制血压。
---- Skipping breakfast could raise risk of heart disease by 87%
◇ Even a few ounces of chocolate could leave your dog with sickness, diarrhoea, dehydration, and high blood pressure, and the effect is potentially worse in small breeds.
即使只有几盎司的巧克力，也会让狗狗出现呕吐、腹泻、脱水和高血压症状，而小型犬的症状可能更糟糕。
---- Food that dogs cannot eat
◇ She told Business Insider that sleeping on your stomach puts pressure on your entire body.
她告诉商业内幕网说，俯卧会给整个身体增加压力。
---- The Best Positions in Bed Revealed
◇ Supporters of reduced working hours have been cheering on the trial. "I don't feel the pressure for it to succeed, but I think my staff do. People are telling me: we have to make this work for New Zealand," says Barnes.
支持缩短工作时间的人一直在为这个试验欢呼。巴恩斯说：“没有压力迫使我非把这件事做成不可，但我认为我的员工有压力。人们告诉我：为了新西兰，我们必须让这个试验成功。”
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ Besides bringing a better quality of life to more people, Foster said this policy will help prevent another problem for China-a large migration of people from the interior to coastal cities, which puts a lot of pressure on the infrastructure of cities like Shanghai and Beijing.
福斯特说，除了让更多人享受到更高品质的生活外，减贫政策还有助于防止中国出现另一个问题：大量人口从内陆迁移到沿海地区，这将给上海和北京等城市的基础设施带来许多压力。
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ But in his case the build up of pressure from the trapped sneeze caused a rupture higher up in the throat, at the pharynx, which is situated just behind the tongue.
但在这名男子的病例中，无处可去的喷嚏积攒的压力导致喉咙更高处的咽部发生了破裂。咽部的位置就在舌头后面。