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pressIELTS重点词汇

英 [pres]

[NOUN, VERB]

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NOUN. 名词

presses
1. [C 可数名词] 按压
A press is a firm push.
双语例句
例：
a TV which rises from a table at the press of a button.
按一个按钮就会从桌上升起的电视机。
2. [SING 单数型名词] 报纸
Newspapers are referred to as the press.
近义词
newspapers , the media
双语例句
例：
interviews in the local and foreign press.
当地和国外报纸上的采访。
例：
freedom of the press.
新闻自由。
例：
Today the British press is full of articles on India's new prime minister.
今天英国媒体登满了关于印度新总理的文章。
例：
Press reports revealed that ozone levels in the upper atmosphere fell during the past month.
新闻报告显示，高层大气中的臭氧水平在上月下降了。
3. [SING 单数型名词] 新闻工作者
Journalists and reporters are referred to as the press.
双语例句
例：
Christie looked relaxed and calm as she faced the press afterwards.
后来，面对新闻记者时克里斯蒂看上去轻松平静了。
4. [C 可数名词] 印刷机
A press or a printing press is a machine used for printing things such as books and newspapers.

PHRASE. 习语

press charges
1. 起诉
If you press charges against someone, you make an official accusation against them that has to be decided in a court of law.
双语例句
例：
I could have pressed charges against him.
我原本可以起诉他的。
get bad press , get good press
1. 受到媒体批评/好评
If someone or something gets bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get good press, they are praised.
双语例句
例：
the bad press that career women consistently get in this country.
在该国，职业女性一贯受到媒体的批评。
go to press
1. 付印 , 开印
When a newspaper or magazine goes to press, it starts being printed.
双语例句
例：
We check prices at the time of going to press.
我们在付印时核对价格。

VERB. 动词

presses , pressing , pressed
1. [T 及物动词] 推 , 挤
If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else.
双语例句
例：
He pressed his back against the door.
他将背顶在了门上。
2. [T 及物动词] 按压
If you press a button or switch, you push it with your finger in order to make a machine or device work.
双语例句
例：
Drago pressed a button and the door closed.
德拉戈按了一个按钮，门关上了。
3. [I 不及物动词] 用力按 , 用力踩
If you press something or press down on it, you push hard against it with your foot or hand.
双语例句
例：
The engine stalled. He pressed the accelerator hard.
引擎熄火了。他猛踩油门。
4. [I 不及物动词] 竭力争取
If you press for something, you try hard to persuade someone to give it to you or to agree to it.
近义词
push
双语例句
例：
Police might now press for changes in the law.
警方现在可能会竭力争取修改法律。
5. [T 及物动词] 极力劝说
If you press someone, you try hard to persuade them to do something.
双语例句
例：
Trade unions are pressing him to stand firm.
各工会在极力劝说他坚持立场。
例：
Mr. Kurtz seems certain to be pressed for further details.
库尔茨先生似乎肯定会被极力劝说提供更多细节。
6. [T 及物动词] 有力陈述
If someone presses their claim, demand, or point, they state it in a very forceful way.
双语例句
例：
The protest campaign has used mass strikes and demonstrations to press its demands.
抗议活动通过大规模罢工和示威游行来向当局表明要求。
7. [T 及物动词] 硬塞
If you press something on someone, you give it to them and insist that they take it.
双语例句
例：
All I had was money, which I pressed on her reluctant mother.
我只有钱了，虽然她母亲不肯接受，但我还是硬塞给了她。
8. [T 及物动词] 熨
If you press clothes, you iron them in order to get rid of the creases.
近义词
iron
双语例句
例：
Vera pressed his shirt.
薇拉熨了他的衬衣。
例：
There's a couple of dresses to be pressed.
有几条连衣裙要熨。