press

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英 [pres] 美[prɛs]

释义

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

词态变化

复数: presses;第三人称单数: presses;过去式: pressed;过去分词: pressed;现在分词: pressing;

近义词

coax stress goad insist prod urge

中文词源

press 按，压，挤，印刷，报刊，报道，记者

来自拉丁语pressare,按，压，来自premere,按，压，-ss,过去分词格或表反复，来自PIE*per,击，打，捶，词源同print.由按，压引申词义印刷，报纸等相关词义。

英文词源

press: press: English has two words press. The commoner, and older, ‘exert force, push’ [14], comes via Old French presser from Latin pressāre, a verb derived from the past participle of premere ‘press’ (source of English print). The corresponding noun press (which actually arrived in English a century earlier in the now archaic sense ‘crowd’) originated as a derivative of the Old French verb.

Derived verbs in English include compress [14], depress [14], express, impress [14], oppress [14], repress [14], and suppress [14]. The other press, ‘force’ [16], is now found virtually only in the expression ‘press into service’ and in the compound press-gang [17]. It originally denoted ‘compel to join the navy, army, etc’, and was an alteration, under the influence of press ‘exert force’, of prest ‘pay recruits’.

This was a verbal use of Middle English prest ‘money given to recruits’, which was borrowed from Old French prest ‘loan’. This in turn was a derivative of the verb prester ‘lend’, which went back to Latin praestāre ‘provide’, a compound formed from the prefix prae- ‘before’ and stāre ‘stand’. Related to praestāre was Latin praestō ‘at hand’, from which have evolved French prêt ‘ready’ and Italian and Spanish presto ‘quick’ (English borrowed the Italian version as presto [16]).
=> compress, depress, express, impress, oppress, print, repress, suppress; presto, station
press (n.): c. 1300, presse, "crowd, throng, company; crowding and jostling of a throng; a massing together," from Old French presse (n.) "throng, crush, crowd; wine or cheese press" (11c.), from Latin pressare (see press (v.1)). Late Old English had press "clothes press."

Meaning "device for pressing cloth" is from late 14c., as is also the sense "device to squeeze juice from grapes, oil from olives, cider from apples, etc.," from Middle French presse. Specific sense "machine for printing" is from 1530s; this was extended to publishing houses by 1570s and to publishing generally (in phrases like freedom of the press) from c. 1680. This gradually shifted c. 1800-1820 to "periodical publishing, journalism." The press, meaning "journalists collectively" is attested from 1921 (though superseded by media since the rise of television, etc.).

Press agent is from 1873; press conference is attested from 1931, though the thing itself dates to at least World War I. Press secretary is recorded from 1940. Via the sense "crowd, throng," Middle English in press meant "in public," a coincidental parallel to the modern phrase in the press. Weightlifting sense is from 1908. The basketball defense so called from 1959 (in full-court press).
press (v.1): "push against," early 14c., "to clasp, embrace;" mid-14c. "to squeeze out;" also "to cluster, gather in a crowd;" late 14c., "to press against, exert pressure," also "assault, assail;" also "forge ahead, push one's way, move forward," from Old French presser "squeeze, press upon; torture" (13c.), from Latin pressare "to press," frequentative formation from pressus, past participle of premere "to press, hold fast, cover, crowd, compress," from PIE *per- (4) "to strike." Related: Pressed; pressing. Figurative sense is from late 14c. Meaning "to urge, argue for" is from 1590s.
press (v.2): "force into service," 1570s, alteration (by association with press (v.1)) of prest (mid-14c.) "engage by loan, pay in advance," especially money paid to a soldier or sailor on enlisting, from Latin praestare "to stand out, stand before; fulfill, perform, provide," from prae- "before" (see pre-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related to praesto (adv.) "ready, available." Related: Pressed; pressing.

双语例句

1. Politicians want a lap-dog press which will uncritically report their propaganda.: 政客们想要的是不问是非、甘为他们搞宣传的哈巴狗一样的新闻媒体。

2. He faced the press, initially, in a somewhat subdued mood.: 他最初面对媒体时情绪有点忧郁。

3. The government says it will not be bullied by the press.: 政府声称不会屈服于新闻媒体的压力。

4. Local feeling does not necessarily concur with the press.: 当地人的感受未必与媒体一致。

5. Bank robberies, burglaries and muggings are reported almost daily in the press.: 报纸上几乎每天都有抢劫银行、入室行窃和拦路抢劫的报道。

英英释意

1. newspaper writers and photographers

2. the state of urgently demanding notice or attention;: "the press of business matters"

3. the gathering and publishing of news in the form of newspapers or magazines

4. a machine used for printing

5. a dense crowd of people

6. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

7. clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

8. any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids

9. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

10. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure;: "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

实用场景例句

He pressed his back against the door...: 他后背紧紧靠在门上。

They pressed the silver knife into the cake.: 他们拿银制餐刀切入蛋糕。

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。

The engine stalled. He pressed the accelerator hard...: 发动机熄火了。他用力踩油门。

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。

Police might now press for changes in the law...: 警方现在可能竭力要求修改法律。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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

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。

...the invention of the printing press...: 印刷机的发明

He was writing the book up to the moment the presses rolled.: 直到付梓的那一刻他才完稿。

...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

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。

I could have pressed charges against him...: 我本可以起诉他。

Police have announced they will not be pressing charges.: 警方已宣布不会提起诉讼。

考试真题

As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk, announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how satisfied its residents or their family members are.

Mrs.Hampton, we’ve got trouble in the press room this morning.

In a press release describing the report, Mr. Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases.

As I was considering all this, a press release from a respected research firm crossed my desk, announcing that the five-star rating system that Medicare developed in 2008 to help families compare nursing home quality also has little relationship to how sa

Cats use a causal-logical understanding of noise or sounds to predict the appearance of invisible objects, lead researcher Saho Takagi says in a press release.

One of the press operators arrived an hour and a half late.

Their art crime team recovered the letter but were unable to press charges because the time of limitations had ended.

Ease of care was most important: summer dresses and outfits, in particular, were chiefly cotton, readily capable of being washed and pressed at home.

About 80% of our company's year-over-year declines in comparable sales can be attributed to shortfalls ( ' , 短缺) in cold-weather goods, said chief executive Terry Lundgren in a press release.

During commercials, an overlay will appear at the bottom of the screen, prompting viewers to press a button to request a free sample or order a catalogue.

Nations are also pressing ahead with space research and satellite projects to expand their global navigation abilities.

It opened its fourth station last year and is pressing ahead with plans to build a fifth.

Even the technology press conferences, which have been high-profile in the past and reached a level of drama and theatrics fitting for a Las Vegas stage, have a different bent to them.

And then, at a press conference in Chicago in 1988, Jesse Jackson declared that African American was the term to embrace.

A 2012 press release from Statistics Sweden bears the title "Gender Equality in Sweden Treading(踩)Water" and notes: 1、The total income from employment for all ages is lower for women than for men

The perpetual argument is that funds are tight, that we have more pressing problems here on Earth.

More and more Americans feel pressed for time nowadays

Well, first of all, he kept the two dolphins together in the same tank and taught them to press levers whenever they saw a light.

If the light flashed on and off several times, the dolphins were supposed to press the left-hand lever followed by the right-hand one

If the light was kept steady, the dolphins were supposed to press the levers in reverse order.

The levers and light were set up in exactly the same way except that this time it was only Doris who could see the light indicating which lever to press first

But in order to get their fish, both dolphins had to press the levers in the correct order.

Press the right-hand lever first

"About 80% of our company's year-over-year declines in comparable sales can be attributed to shortfalls (短缺) in cold-weather goods," said chief executive Terry Lundgren in a press release.

"And yet that happens every day in the video game world," Farley told reporters during a press conference Friday. "I was a main character in Fallout 4, a character by the name of Kellogg, and I never knew that I was doing vocal recording for that game thr

And then, at a press conference in Chicago in 1988, Jesse Jackson declared that " African American " was the term to embrace.

Even the technology press conferences, which have been high-profile in the past and reached a level of drama and theatrics fitting for a Las Vegas stage, have a different bent to them.

The 28 existence of such ideals, without the tempering of the reality of a job or profession, rapidly leads adolescents to become 29 intolerant of the non-idealistic world and to press for reform in a characteristically adolescent way.

The earliest printed book we know today appeared in China in the year 868, and metal type was in use in Korea at the beginning of the 1'th century, but it was in Germany around the year 1450 that a printing press using movable metal type was invented.

But Steve pressed on, playing for the first time in his life for a stranger.

In any unsafe situation, simply press the button and a highly-trained agent will get you the help you need.

The keyboard could offer a strong layer of security by analyzing things like the force of a user's typing and the time between key presses.

The steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy rate in england was under 50%.

To do CPR, you press on the sick person's chest so that blood moves through the body and takes oxygen to organs.

These men believed in journalism as a calling,and were proud to be published in the daily press.

The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier.

Unable to tell whether someone really objects to behavioural ads or whether they are sticking with Microsoft’s default, some may ignore a DNT signal and press on anyway.

The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper—printing presses, delivery trucks—isn’t just expensive; it’s excessive at a time when online-only competitors don’t have the same set of financial constraints.

Dickens and his publishers simply pressed on with a new artist.

Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads.

The really successful holders of such titles are those that do a great deal more than fill hotel bedrooms and bring in high-profile arts events and good press for a year.

The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and rad

There is a great deal of this kind of nonsense in the medical journals which, when taken up by broadcasters and the lay press, generates both health scares and short-lived dietary enthusiasms.

These men believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press.

Unable to tell whether someone really objects to behavioural ads or whether they are sticking with microsoft's default, some may ignore a DNT signal and press on anyway.

When our time of mourning is over, we press forward, stronger with a greater understanding and respect for life.

词组搭配

go to press

go to be printed

付梓，付印

press charges

press something home

press the flesh

(informal, chiefly N. Amer.)(of a celebrity or politician) greet people by shaking hands

(非正式，主北美)（要人，政客）握手问候

press the flesh【非正式用语】

To shake hands and mingle with many people, especially while campaigning for public office.

拥挤：握手并和许多人混在一起，尤指在竞选公职时

同义词辨析

magazine, journal, periodical, publication, newspaper, review, press

这些名词均有"出版物，定期刊物"之意。

magazine：指刊登各种文章、小说、诗歌、评议的杂志。

journal：本义为"日报"，现在可指定期发生的周刊、月刊、季刊等或指学术团体出版的刊物、杂志或学报。

periodical：通常指除日报以外的定期出版刊物。

publication：指出版物，发行物。

newspaper：一般指每日出版的报纸。

review：多指登载评论性文章或讨论重大事件的文章的刊物。

press：系报刊总称，也指报界或报业。

press, jam, squeeze, compress, squash

这些动词均含"压，挤"之意。

press：普通用词，指一个物体在另一个物体上加压力。

jam：专指四面八方都压紧或塞满。

squeeze：多指从两面或多面施加压力来压紧、压碎或压出水来。

compress：指把某些东西压在一起或使占有较小空间。

squash：指某物受力被压偏或压碎。也指塞挤。