| 单词 | press |
| 释义 | press (pres ) Word forms: presses , pressing , pressed 1. verb B1 If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else. He pressed his back against the door. [VERB noun + against] They pressed the silver knife into the cake. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: push, squeeze, jam, thrust 2. verb B1 If you press a button or switch, you push it with your finger in order to make a machine or device work. Drago pressed a button and the door closed. [VERB noun] There was no-one at the reception desk, so he pressed a bell for service. [VERB noun] Press is also a noun. ...a TV which rises from a table at the press of a button. 3. verb B1 If you press something or press down on it, you push hard against it with your foot or hand. The engine stalled. He pressed the accelerator hard. [VERB noun] She stood up and leaned forward with her hands pressing down on the desk. [VERB adverb] Synonyms: push (down), depress, lean on, bear down 4. verb If you press for something, you try hard to persuade someone to give it to you or to agree to it. Police might now press for changes in the law. [VERB + for] They had pressed for their children to be taught French. [VERB + for] Synonyms: call, ask, demand, campaign 5. verb If you press someone, you try hard to persuade them to do something. Trade unions are pressing him to stand firm. [VERB noun to-infinitive] Mr King seems certain to be pressed for further details. [be V-ed + for/about] She smiles coyly when pressed about her private life. [be V-ed + for/about] Synonyms: urge, force, beg, petition 6. verb If someone presses their claim, demand, or point, they state it in a very forceful way. The protest campaign has used mass strikes and demonstrations to press its demands. [VERB noun] His officials have visited Washington to press their case for economic aid. [VERB noun] Synonyms: plead, present, lodge, submit 7. verb If an unpleasant feeling or worry presses on you, it affects you very much or you are always thinking about it. The weight of irrational guilt pressed on her. [VERB + on] Right now, I've got other problems that are pressing on me. [VERB on noun] 8. verb If you press something on someone, you give it to them and insist that they take it. All I had was money, which I pressed on her reluctant mother. [VERB noun + on] Food and drink were pressed on him. [VERB noun on noun] 9. verb B1+ If you press clothes, you iron them in order to get rid of the creases. Vera pressed his shirt. [VERB noun] There's a couple of dresses to be pressed. [VERB noun] ...clean, neatly pressed, conservative clothes. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: iron, steam, finish, smooth 10. verb B2 If you press fruits or vegetables, you squeeze them or crush them, usually in order to extract the juice. The grapes are hand-picked and pressed. [be VERB-ed] I pressed the juice of half a lemon into a glass of water. [VERB noun] ...1 clove fresh garlic, pressed or diced. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: compress, grind, reduce, mill 11. verb If a sports team presses its opponent, its players try to stay very close to opposing players when they have the ball. We pressed them well and our control was fantastic but we could not win the match. [VERB noun] Press is also a noun. We work on beating the press every day in practice. 12. singular noun [with singular or plural verb] B2 Newspapers are referred to as the press. Today the press is full of articles on the new prime minister. ...freedom of the Press. Press reports revealed that ozone levels in the upper atmosphere fell during the past month. 13. singular noun [with singular or plural verb] B2 Journalists are referred to as the press. Christie looked relaxed and calm as he faced the press afterwards. A meeting was promised, but the Press was not admitted. 14. countable noun B2 A press or a printing press is a machine used for printing things such as books and newspapers. ...the invention of the printing press. He was writing the book up to the moment the presses rolled. 15. See also pressed, pressing 16. to get a bad press phrase If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised. ...the bad press that successful women consistently get in this country. Men get more bad press in her new novel. 17. press charges phrase If you press charges against someone, you make an official accusation against them which has to be decided in a court of law. I could have pressed charges against him. Police have announced they will not be pressing charges. 18. go to press phrase When a newspaper or magazine goes to press, it starts being printed. We check prices at the time of going to press. As this column went to press, I learnt that the man had died. 19. to be pressed into service phrase [VERB inflects] To press someone or something into service means to use them temporarily for a particular purpose. The local bar has been pressed into service as a school. Kenny had been pressed into service to guard the door. Phrasal verbs: press ahead press on [sense 1] press on 1. phrasal verb If you press on or press ahead, you continue with a task or activity in a determined way, and do not allow any problems or difficulties to delay you. Organizers of the strike are determined to press on. [VERB PARTICLE] He was persuaded by his advisers to press ahead. [VERB PARTICLE] Poland pressed on with economic reform. [VERB PARTICLE + with] 2. phrasal verb If you press on, you continue with a journey, even though it is becoming more difficult or more dangerous. I considered turning back, but it was getting late, so I pressed on. [VERB PARTICLE] Quotations: The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with informationJournalism, Publicity, and the Lost Art of Political Argument Thou god of our idolatry, the press... Thou fountain, at which drink the good and wise; Thou ever-bubbling spring of endless lies; Like Eden's dread probationary tree, Knowledge of good and evil is from theeThe Progress of Error Idioms: press the flesh [journalism] to talk to people in a crowd and shake their hands. This expression is often used about politicians, who do this when they are trying to get elected. Royalty's function in the sports arena is generally confined to pressing the flesh and presenting trophies. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers press the right button or press all the right buttons to cleverly or skilfully do the things which are necessary to get what you want in a particular situation In what it describes as a well-judged performance, the newspaper says he pressed all the right buttons to please the representatives. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a full-court press [US] a situation in which people are making a lot of effort and putting a lot of pressure on something or someone in order to get a particular result The administration's full-court press on economic remedies also includes moves by the Treasury Secretary. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get a bad press to be repeatedly criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio So-called `arranged marriages', common in many cultures, tend to get a bad press in the West. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: independent press Any remnants of an independent press would slowly but surely be converted into just another organ of the government. Times, Sunday Times (2013) In this case an independent press and media become vital for maintaining any semblance of democracy. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He claimed there were 300 pickets outside, though the local press counted a hundred. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He wants the world to feel the pain of his betrayal by local press, moaning players, ungrateful fans. Times, Sunday Times You could also use the local press to publicise your case. Times, Sunday Times He let us know that he was only doing local press. Times, Sunday Times We compete against local press, free magazines and websites. Times, Sunday Times He was fat-faced and bulky, with big brown eyes, a lovely smile, and wore a clean, neatly pressed shirt. Times, Sunday Times They come in packed camper vans or gas-guzzling sedans lined with neatly pressed shirts for potential job interviews. Times, Sunday Times He folded his arms across his broad chest, and she watched the muscles flexing under his immaculately pressed shirt. Times, Sunday Times He recalled how he would shine his father's shoes, choose his outfits and press his shirts. Times, Sunday Times They wear loafers and smartly pressed shirts. Times, Sunday Times One minute it was there - hurrah: you press a switch and a light comes on! Times, Sunday Times And no one connected with the game did anything — when all they had to do was call an engineer belonging to the right union to press a switch. The Sun He found that after accidentally stepping on the switch once, they would press the switch faster in each succeeding trial inside the puzzle box. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet you can't conjure a baritone voice by simply pressing a switch. Times, Sunday Times My eyes snap open and my mind clicks on, as if somebody has pressed a switch. The Sun You load your tube of sealant, press the trigger and a few minutes later are rewarded with cramp in your hand. Times, Sunday Times For example, players swing the net to catch monkeys, press the trigger button to fire slingshots and wave the controller to use the fan. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When he got the upper hand, he pressed his trigger, but found he was out of ammunition. Times,Sunday Times The user turns the wheel to align the desired character with the tape and presses a trigger, forcing the character against the tape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But, he noted, after a recent press attention, there were no elephants. Times, Sunday Times Certainly it would gain press attention, but could it actually work as a loss-leader? Times, Sunday Times She insists such people have double standards: they want press attention only when it suits. Times, Sunday Times She's referring to the press attention which, she says, she's grown tired of. The Sun Perhaps wary of past press attention, they refused to give their names. Times, Sunday Times But the business press publishes the information and the estimated salaries of the top 2,500, like the various rich lists that appear elsewhere. Times, Sunday Times The press publishes both trade paperback and handmade artist's books. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The press publishes predominantly fiction, leaning towards edgy, left-of-centre writing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The press publishes books from the world of science in the broadest sense of the word. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The press publishes the winners of its national poetry and fiction competitions, as well as manuscripts accepted through general submission. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They became paparazzi targets, their love lives and their physical appearances subject to intense press scrutiny. Times, Sunday Times Financial independence sets them free: from press scrutiny, a pretence of taxpayer accountability, family bother. Times,Sunday Times The athlete told his trial that she struggled with the press scrutiny that came with the relationship. Times, Sunday Times By that he meant that if press scrutiny of politicians' personal lives became too intense then few people of calibre would stand for election. Times, Sunday Times Those whose personal lives are damaged by legitimate press scrutiny often deserve our sympathy. Times, Sunday Times Even though there's a lot of press speculation about which presenters may leave the programme, it's business as usual here. Times, Sunday Times Colleagues backed him last week, but there was press speculation about whether his political career could survive the incident. Times, Sunday Times The deal threw up many challenges, not the least of which was dealing with expectations, rumours and continued press speculation. Times, Sunday Times In a statement that followed press speculation, the company said it also may use equity fundraising. Times, Sunday Times It blamed the decision on 'irresponsible allegations and adverse press speculation [which] have caused significant harm to the company's long-term prospects'. Times, Sunday Times A press statement regarding the report was compiled but never released. ST He insisted that it was a serious relationship and retired to the study to prepare a press statement. Times, Sunday Times However, in a press statement, he also said the primates needed to 'look afresh at our ways of working as a communion'. Times, Sunday Times He liked the image so much, he repeated it in a press statement. Times, Sunday Times Others 'tweet' when they release a new press statement. Times, Sunday Times It has four electrodes on the end which press tightly against the surrounding muscle and are then heated using radio frequency waves. The Sun Support components are more likely to be adjustable than locating components, and normally do not press tightly on the workpiece or provide absolute location. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My mind was now pressed tightly against the brick wall of indecision. Christianity Today Researchers used a scanning elec-tron microscope to identify the structure of the brain, which was pressed tightly against the top of the cranium. Times, Sunday Times The hornbeam has similar, sharply pointed buds, but on the hornbeam they are pressed tightly up against the twigs, whereas the grand-looking beech buds stand boldly out on either side. Times, Sunday Times Turn out on to a board and press together until you have a firm dough. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Danlo, with his hands pressed together beneath his chin, listened raptly. THE BROKEN GOD (2003) Perhaps you have had the experience of trying to press together two strong magnets, with like poles opposed, repelling each other. The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language (1988) Turn the dough on to a lightly floured work surface and press together. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In this, she has had the general support of the media, including broadcasters, the print press and, nowadays, bloggers. Times, Sunday Times In the past, radio and television tended to run well behind the print press in their news coverage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because of declining advertising revenue and shrinking audiences, print press has been described as declining. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He started working at the print press and later took it over. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If monetary policy alone could produce prosperity, life would be simple: run the money printing presses and sit back and watch an economy grow. Times, Sunday Times Several efforts were made by him to prevent the introduction of certain reforms, including articles in the public press. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 About 1835 he commenced a series of letters in the public press which made his name widely known. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also occasionally contributed articles on painting to the public press. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This relativism was bolstered by a cynical wave of negative publicity about missions work in the public press. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 新闻, 压榨 Japanese: プレス機, 押す |
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