presses

英 [ˈpresɪz]

美 [ˈpresɪz]

n.  报章杂志; 报刊; 印刷媒体; 记者; 新闻工作者; 新闻界; 报道; 评论
v.  (被)压，挤，推，施加压力; 按，压(使启动); 将…塞进; 把…按入
press的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 压；按；挤；推
  If youpresssomething somewhere, you push it firmly against something else.
  1. He pressed his back against the door...
     他后背紧紧靠在门上。
  2. They pressed the silver knife into the cake.
     他们拿银制餐刀切入蛋糕。
• VERB 按，揿（按钮或开关）
  If youpressa button or switch, you push it with your finger in order to make a machine or device work.
  1. Drago pressed a button and the door closed...
     德拉戈按了一个按钮，然后门就关上了。
  2. 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。
  3. Pressis also a noun.
     
  4. ...a TV which rises from a table at the press of a button.
     只要按下按钮就从桌子上升起的电视机
• VERB 用力按；用力挤压；用力踩
  If youpresssomething orpress down onit, you push hard against it with your foot or hand.
  1. The engine stalled. He pressed the accelerator hard...
     发动机熄火了。他用力踩油门。
  2. She stood up and leaned forward with her hands pressing down on the desk.
     她站起来，双手撑在桌子上，身体向前倾。
• VERB 极力要求
  If youpress forsomething, you try hard to persuade someone to give it to you or to agree to it.
  1. Police might now press for changes in the law...
     警方现在可能竭力要求修改法律。
  2. They had pressed for their children to be taught French.
     他们极力要求给他们的孩子教授法语。
• VERB 催促；敦促；竭力劝说
  If youpresssomeone, you try hard to persuade them to do something.
  1. Trade unions are pressing him to stand firm...
     各工会正在竭力劝说他坚定立场。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
• VERB 坚持；强调
  If someonepressestheir claim, demand, or point, they state it in a very forceful way.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 困扰；严重影响
  If an unpleasant feeling or worrypresses onyou, it affects you very much or you are always thinking about it.
  1. The weight of irrational guilt pressed on her...
     无端的负罪感压得她喘不过气来。
  2. 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。
• VERB 硬给；强加于
  If youpresssomethingonsomeone, you give it to them and insist that they take it.
  1. 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。
  2. Food and cigarettes were pressed on him.
     别人硬塞给他一些食品和香烟。
• VERB 熨烫；熨平
  If youpressclothes, you iron them in order to get rid of the creases.
  1. Vera pressed his shirt...
     薇拉把他的衬衫熨平了。
  2. There's a couple of dresses to be pressed.
     还有几件衣服要熨。
  3. ...clean, neatly pressed, conservative clothes.
     干干净净、熨烫平整的式样保守的衣服
• VERB 榨取，压榨，挤压（水果或蔬菜）
  If youpressfruits or vegetables, you squeeze them or crush them, usually in order to extract the juice.
  1. The grapes are hand-picked and pressed...
     这些葡萄是精心挑选用来榨汁的。
  2. 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。
  3. ...1 clove fresh garlic, pressed or diced.
     一瓣新鲜的大蒜，拍碎或切成丁
• N-SING-COLL 报纸；报刊
  Newspapers are referred to asthe press.
  1. 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。
  2. ...freedom of the Press...
     新闻自由
  3. 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。
• N-SING-COLL 新闻记者
  Journalists are referred to asthe press.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 印刷机
  Apressor aprinting pressis a machine used for printing things such as books and newspapers.
  1. ...the invention of the printing press...
     印刷机的发明
  2. He was writing the book up to the moment the presses rolled.
     直到付梓的那一刻他才完稿。
• See also:pressedpressing
• PHRASE （尤指在报纸、电视或广播上）受到批评/得到好评
  If someone or somethinggets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If theyget a good press, they are praised.
  1. ...the bad press that career women consistently get in this country...
     该国职业女性一直受到的舆论上的苛评
  2. Men get more bad press in her new novel.
     在她的新小说中，男人受到了更多的谴责。
• PHRASE 控告；提起诉讼
  If youpress charges againstsomeone, you make an official accusation against them which has to be decided in a court of law.
  1. I could have pressed charges against him...
     我本可以起诉他。
  2. Police have announced they will not be pressing charges.
     警方已宣布不会提起诉讼。
• PHRASE 付印；开印
  When a newspaper or magazinegoes to press, it starts being printed.
  1. We check prices at the time of going to press...
     我们会在付印的时候核对价格。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 暂时使用；临时任用
  Topresssomeone or somethinginto servicemeans to use them temporarily for a particular purpose.
  1. The local bar has been pressed into service as a school...
     当地的酒吧被暂时用作学校。
  2. Kenny had been pressed into service to guard the door.
     肯尼被临时雇来看门。

双语例句

• The first line below sets up an array that we will use to monitor key presses on the keyboard.
  下面第一行设置了一个数组用来监视键盘的动作。
• He was writing the book up to the moment the presses rolled.
  直到付梓的那一刻他才完稿。
• For instance, when the user presses Ctrl+ A, you can select all the text.
  例如，当用户按下Ctrl+A时，可以选择所有文本。
• The user moves the mouse or presses a key.
  用户移动鼠标或按下某个键。
• Both hydraulic presses and hammers are widely used to produce this class of forgings.
  水压机和锻锤已广泛用于生产这类锻件。
• A xev program attached to the currently focused window will track any key presses or mouse movements.
  与当前获得焦点的窗口关联的xev程序将跟踪所有按键或鼠标移动。
• My toe presses against the shoe.
  我的脚趾顶着鞋尖。
• This code creates a timer when the user presses a key.
  此代码在用户按键时创建一个计时器。
• The script commands are subroutines that perform the appropriate mouse clicks and key presses.
  脚本命令是执行适当的鼠标点击和按键的子程序。
• Here, there were smaller lathes and smaller presses, and his employees worked on more delicate items.
  在这里，有小车床和小型压力机，和他的雇员更微妙的项目工作。