v. （美）对…施加压力（pressure的ing形式）

v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
v. exert pressure on someone through threats

pressure的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

My father suffers from high blood pressure.我父亲有高血压。
The pressure of work was too great for him.工作的压力使他承受不了。
He works well under pressure.他在有压力的情况下工作很出色。
The tooth became sore to pressure and there is a dull gnawing pain.该齿对于压迫作痛，且有钝麻如咬的疼痛。
The native bankers grew weaker under pressure from the bureaucrats.由于官僚势力的压迫，民族银行资本家的力量不断削弱。

用作动词(v.)

Now you are trying to pressure me.你现在试图向我施压。
Don't be pressured into making any rash decisions.不要在施压下做出轻率的决定。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

The pressure of the water turns this wheel, and this is used to make electric power.水压驱动这个轮子从而产生电力。
I hope that the tire pressure is right.我希望轮胎的压力正好。
The pressure of the crowd made it impossible for me to stand still.人群的压力使我不可能站直。
He changed his mind under the pressure from others.他在别人的逼迫之下改变了主意。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

apply〔exert, put〕 pressure on sb对某人施加压力
ease off〔lighten〕 the pressure减轻压力
relieve the pressure解除…的压力
yield to popular pressure屈服于民众的压力

形容词+～

atmospheric〔hydraulic〕 pressure气〔液〕压
diplomatic〔financial, international〕 pressure外交〔财政,国际〕压力
military〔outside〕 pressure军事〔外部〕压力

介词+～

despite the pressure of尽管受到…的压力
on the pressure of the button一按按钮
through the pressure of public opinion通过舆论的压力
under the pressure of在…压力下

经典引文

The door opened to the pressure of his hand.
出自：R. Guy
The trouble about an Oxford education..is that no-one..pressures you into working.
出自：H. Cheetham
Richard began to pressure Daphne to get rid of Elizabeth.
出自：R. Jaffe
She felt pressured to be cheerful..when doing so cost her great pain.
出自：P. Rose

【近义词】

force武力
weight重量
burden负担
tension紧张
stress压力
difficulty困难
coerce强制
strain拉紧
heaviness重
compression压缩
anxiety焦虑
pressurize增压
bulldoze（用推土机）推平某物...
bully欺凌弱小者
insist坚持
compel强迫
domination支配
power力量
load负荷
effect效应
influence影响
impulse冲动
oppression压抑
urge驱策
conscript征兵
coax哄
rush冲
necessity需要
oblige迫使
obligation义务
gravity重力
constraint约束
press按
pressure level声压级
hale(尤指老人)健壮的...
insistency坚持
blackmail勒索
air pressure气压
squeeze挤压
insistence坚持
imperativeness命令式之事
pressing紧迫的
atmospheric pressure大气压力
pressure sensation压觉
blackjack包有皮革的软金属棒...

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