中文词源
pressure 压力，挤压
来自press,按，压，-ure,名词后缀。
英语词源
- pressure (n.)
- late 14c., "suffering, anguish; act or fact of pressing on the mind or heart," from Old French presseure "oppression; torture; anguish; press" (for wine or cheeses), "instrument of torture" (12c.) and directly from Latin pressura "action of pressing," from pressus, past participle of premere "to press" (see press (v.1)).
Literal meaning "act or fact of pressing" in a physical sense is attested from early 15c. Meaning "moral or mental coercing force" is from 1620s; meaning "urgency" is from 1812. Scientific sense in physics is from 1650s. Pressure cooker is attested from 1915; figurative sense is from 1958. Pressure point is attested from 1876. Pressure-treated, of woods, is from 1911. - pressure (v.)
- "to pressurize," 1886, American English, from pressure (n.). Meaning "to exert pressure on" (someone) is attested by 1922. Related: Pressured; pressuring.
权威例句
- 1. The government wilted in the face of such powerful pressure.
- 政府面对如此大的压力，失去了信心。
- 2. He is being constantly monitored with regular checks on his blood pressure.
- 他被实时监测，定时量血压。
- 3. He was under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined.
- 他承受着被迫辞职的压力，很快就要被排挤出去了。
- 4. The built-in safety device compensates for a fall in water pressure.
- 该内置式安全装置在水压下降时能提供保护。
- 5. Pressure appears to be mounting for conformity in how people speak English.
- 要求人们讲规范英语的压力似乎越来越大。
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