pressure的过去式

1. 【物】压强，压力
2. 压迫
3. 压，按，榨，挤（压）
4. 催促
5. 强迫，强制
6. 艰难
7. 大气压力
8. 困扰
9. 电压
10. 精神压力
11. 紧迫，紧急

1. （对...施）加压力
2. 迫使
3. （使）增压
4. 密封
5. 迫于
6. 压缩
7. 用压力锅蒸煮

1. [U]压(力),压强 amount of force against sth
2. [U]强制,压迫 strong or oppressive influence

1.压力
Pressure is force that you produce when you press hard on something.

pressure的意思

e.g. She kicked at the door with her foot, and thepressure was enough to open it...
她用脚踢门，力气之大足以把门踹开。
e.g. Thepressure of his fingers had relaxed...
他手指按压的力道减轻了。

2.压力；气压；压强
Thepressure in a place or container is the force produced by the quantity of gas or liquid in that place or container.

e.g. The window in the cockpit had blown in and thepressure dropped dramatically...
驾驶舱的窗户突然向内破裂，气压急剧降低。
e.g. Warm air is now being drawn in from another highpressure area over the North Sea.
暖气流正从北海上空的另一个高气压带移动过来。

3.（向某人施加的）压力
If there ispressure on a person, someone is trying to persuade or force them to do something.

e.g. He may have putpressure on her to agree...
他可能向她施加了压力，迫使她同意。
e.g. Its government is underpressure from the European Commission...
其政府承受着来自欧盟委员会的压力。

4.（工作等的）压力
If you are experiencingpressure, you feel that you must do a lot of tasks or make a lot of decisions in very little time, or that people expect a lot from you.

e.g. Can you work underpressure?...
你能在压力下工作吗？
e.g. Even if I had the talent to play tennis I couldn't stand thepressure...
即使我有打网球的天赋，我也无法承受这种压力。

5.强迫；迫使；竭力劝说
If youpressure someoneto do something, you try forcefully to persuade them to do it.

e.g. He will neverpressure you to get married...
他永远不会强迫你结婚。
e.g. The Government should not be pressured into making hasty decisions...
政府不应该迫于压力仓促作出决定。

6. see also: blood pressure

1. 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。
2. I hope that the tire pressure is right.
   我希望轮胎的压力正好。
3. 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。
4. He changed his mind under the pressure from others.
   他在别人的逼迫之下改变了主意。

• 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

strain，stress，pressure，tension

这些名词均有“压力，重压，紧张”之意。

strain指某人为克服外力界压力而造成的身心和情绪等方面的压抑。用于物时，指任何力或合力作用于一个物体上面造成的应变。

stress侧重指承受外来的压力，也指由于某种原因而引起的心理、生理或情绪上的紧张。

pressure在科学上，指单位面积上所受到的压力。用于引申时，指某事物所产生的压力或影响力等。

tension多指因关系不好或其它原因而出现的紧张状态，也指某物被过度伸展的程度或状态。