时间: 2025-04-23 21:45:22
美: [prɛs]
英: [pres]
vt. 压；按；逼迫；紧抱
vi. 压；逼；重压
n. 压；按；新闻；出版社；[印刷] 印刷机
n. (Press)人名；(英、德、俄、西、瑞典)普雷斯
最后更新时间:2025-04-23 21:45:22
词源分析：Press 源自拉丁语“premere”，意为“压迫、推”。它的构成包括“pre-”（前）和“merere”（获得），与施加力量的概念相关。
历史背景：Press 作为动词的首次记录可以追溯到中世纪英语，最早的用法出现在12世纪。
课本：该单词通常出现在小学至高中阶段的英语教材中。在**的教材中，可能出现在初中英语书中；在牛津和美国的教材中，通常在初中及高中阶段的阅读理解与写作中出现。
正式与非正式语境：
特殊场合：
I need to press the button to start the machine.
我需要按下按钮来启动机器。
The press criticized the government's decision.
媒体批评了政府的决定。
She pressed her lips together in frustration.
她因沮丧而紧闭双唇。
You should press charges if you feel threatened.
如果你感到受到威胁，应该控告。
The grapes are pressed to make wine.
葡萄被压榨以酿造葡萄酒。
*. He felt the press of the crowd behind him.
他感到身后人群的拥挤。
同义词：
反义词：
通过以上分析，可以更深入地理解和应用“press”这个词，使学*者在不同语境下灵活使用。
[V-T] If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else. 推; 挤
例：He pressed his back against the door.他将背顶在了门上。
[V-T] If you press a button or switch, you push it with your finger in order to make a machine or device work. 按压
例：Drago pressed a button and the door closed.德拉戈按了一个按钮，门关上了。
[N-COUNT] Press is also a noun. 按压
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一台电视机。
[V-T/V-I] If you press something or press down on it, you push hard against it with your foot or hand. 用力按; 用力踩
例：The engine stalled. He pressed the accelerator hard.引擎熄火了。他猛踩油门。
[V-I] If you press for something, you try hard to persuade someone to give it to you or to agree to it. 竭力争取
例：Police might now press for changes in the law.警方现在可能会竭力争取法律的修改。
[V-T] If you press someone, you try hard to persuade them to do something. 极力劝说
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说出更多细节。
[V-T] If someone presses their claim, demand, or point, they state it in a very forceful way. 有力陈述
例：The protest campaign has used mass strikes and demonstrations to press its demands.抗议活动采用了大规模罢工和示威游行来有力地表明其要求。
[V-T] If you press something on someone, you give it to them and insist that they take it. 硬塞
例：All I had was money, which I pressed on her reluctant mother.我只有钱，硬塞给了她那不肯接受我钱的母亲。
[V-T] If you press clothes, you iron them in order to get rid of the creases. 熨
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。
[['the' N]] Newspapers are referred to as the press. 报纸
例：...interviews in the local and foreign press.…当地和国外报纸中的采访。
例：...freedom of the press.…新闻自由。
[N-SING-COLL] Journalists and reporters are referred to as the press. 新闻工作者
例：Christie looked relaxed and calm as she faced the press afterwards.克里斯蒂之后面对新闻工作者时看上去轻松平静。
[PHRASE] 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. 受到媒体批评/好评
例：...the bad press that career women consistently get in this country.…在这个国家职业女性一贯受到的媒体批评一家先前不知名。
[PHRASE] If you press charges against someone, you make an official accusation against them that has to be decided in a court of law. 起诉
例：I could have pressed charges against him.我原本可以起诉他的。
[PHRASE] When a newspaper or magazine goes to press, it starts being printed. 付印
例：We check prices at the time of going to press.我们在付印时核对价格。