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1 [VERB 动词]压；按；挤；推 If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else. [V n against n] [V n prep] 2 [VERB 动词]按，揿（按钮或开关） 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... 德拉戈按了一个按钮，然后门就关上了。 There was no-one at the reception desk, so he pressed a bell for service. 接待处一个人也没有，于是他按了服务铃。 - Press is also a noun.
3 [VERB 动词]用力按；用力挤压；用力踩 If you press something or press down on it, you push hard against it with your foot or hand. [V n] [V adv] [Also V on n] 4 [VERB 动词]极力要求 If you press for something, you try hard to persuade someone to give it to you or to agree to it. [V for n] [V for n to-inf] 5 [VERB 动词]催促；敦促；竭力劝说 If you press someone, you try hard to persuade them to do something. [V n to-inf] [be V-ed for/about n] [Also V n into n/-ing] Trade unions are pressing him to stand firm... 各工会正在竭力劝说他坚定立场。 Mr King seems certain to be pressed for further details... 看来人们一定会竭力要求金先生提供进一步的细节。 She smiles coyly when pressed about her private life. 当人们追问她的私生活时，她羞涩地笑了笑。
6 [VERB 动词]坚持；强调 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... 抗议活动通过大规模罢工和示威游行来向当局提出诉求。 His officials have visited Washington to press their case for economic aid. 他的官员们已经访问了华盛顿，竭力要求得到经济援助。
7 [VERB 动词]困扰；严重影响 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... 无端的负罪感压得她喘不过气来。 Right now, I've got other problems that are pressing on me. 现在又有其他一些问题困扰着我。
8 [VERB 动词]硬给；强加于 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... 我就只有钱了，她母亲虽然不愿接受，我还是硬塞给了她。 Food and cigarettes were pressed on him. 别人硬塞给他一些食品和香烟。
9 [VERB 动词]熨烫；熨平 If you press clothes, you iron them in order to get rid of the creases. Vera pressed his shirt... 薇拉把他的衬衫熨平了。 There's a couple of dresses to be pressed. 还有几件衣服要熨。 ...clean, neatly pressed, conservative clothes. 干干净净、熨烫平整的式样保守的衣服
10 [VERB 动词]榨取，压榨，挤压（水果或蔬菜） 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... 这些葡萄是精心挑选用来榨汁的。 I pressed the juice of half a lemon into a glass of water. 我用手将半个柠檬的汁挤入一杯水中。 ...1 clove fresh garlic, pressed or diced. 一瓣新鲜的大蒜，拍碎或切成丁
11 [N-SING-COLL 单数集合名词]报纸；报刊 Newspapers are referred to as the press . Today the British press is full of articles on India's new prime minister... 今天英国的报纸上登满了关于印度新任总理的文章。 ...freedom of the Press... 新闻自由 Press reports revealed that ozone levels in the upper atmosphere fell during the past month. 新闻报道透露上层大气的臭氧浓度在上个月有所下降。
12 [N-SING-COLL 单数集合名词]新闻记者 Journalists are referred to as the press . Christie looked relaxed and calm as he faced the press afterwards... 后来面对记者的时候，克里斯蒂显得放松而镇静。 A meeting was promised, but the Press was not admitted. 承诺将召开一次会议，但是不允许记者到场。
13 [N-COUNT 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. 14 See also:pressed ； pressing ； 15 [PHRASE 短语]（尤指在报纸、电视或广播上）受到批评/得到好评 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. 16 [PHRASE 短语]控告；提起诉讼 If you press charges against someone, you make an official accusation against them which has to be decided in a court of law. 17 [PHRASE 短语]付印；开印 When a newspaper or magazine goes to press, it starts being printed. We check prices at the time of going to press... 我们会在付印的时候核对价格。 As this column went to press, I learnt that the man had died. 当这个专栏开印的时候，我才知道那个人已经死了。
18 [PHRASE 短语]暂时使用；临时任用 To press someone or something into service means to use them temporarily for a particular purpose. - 相关词组：
press ahead press on
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