| 单词 | pressure-cooker environment |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspressure-cooker environment Chiefly figurative, as pressure-cooker atmosphere, pressure-cooker environment, pressure-cooker recipe, etc. ΚΠ 1951 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 16 332/2 There is no doubt that such pressure-cooker recipes for happiness do not presage well for marriage. 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing iv. 54 I had acquired it [sc. Russian]..by the same pressure-cooker method by which I had learnt modern Hebrew. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 25 Dec. 6/5 An auction's pressure cooker atmosphere is no place for split second decisions involving tens of thousands of dollars. 1991 J. B. Schor Overworked Amer. vi 154 Consider the white-collar ‘salarymen’, as they are called, who adhere to grueling schedules in a pressure-cooker environment. 2006 Total Film Feb. 93/2 A glance at Spielberg's filmography shows he favours pressure-cooker filmmaking, ‘where you don't have the time to over-analyse anything. You have to go with your gut and emotions and your first choice.’ < as lemmas |
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