The car bodies are pressed out of sheets of metal.

身是用板金压制成的。

.press (the) 'flesh (informaf) (of a famous person or politician 名人或政治乂物）to say hello to people by shaking hands 和群▲握手致意，presssth’home to get as much advantage as possible from a situation by attacking or arguing in a determined way 坚持不懈；#■ 辩到底：to press home a/i attacfc/an argument/a point 把▲攻/论证/论点坚持到底◊ Simon saw she was hesitating and pressed home his advantage.

豫不决，便趁机占尽优势。.press sb/sth into’service to use sb/sth for a purpose that they were not trained or intended for because there is nobody or nothing else available 姑且使用；临时凑合：Every type 〇/ boat w〇5 pressed into service to rescue passengers from the sinking /my.为了营救下沉渡轮上的旅客，各类船只都被临时征 用亍。—more at button n., charge n., panic button >Ji!l;kVi .press a'head/'on (with sth) to continue doing sth in a detenrfined way; to hurry forward 坚决继续进 行；匆忙前进；加紧：The company is pressing ahead vvfth its pians/or a new warehouse.这家公，司正紧推动 设置新苍库的计划。◊ 'ShaH we stay here /or t/ie night?’ ‘NoJet，sPress⑽•，“我们今晚在这里住下好吗？” “不， 咱们继续走。”‘ press for sth to keep asking for sth ^ 断要求 demand, push for ： They continued to press jbr a change in the 〖aw.他们不断要求修改这项法 律。’press sth on sb to try to make sb accept sth, especially food or drink, although they may not want it 勉强某人接受；促某人吃（或喝）：S/ie fceptpressfng cake on us.她非要我们吃蛋糕不可。 press agency noun = news agency press agent (also NAmE informal flack) noun a person whose job is to supply information and advertising material about a particular actor, musician, theatre, etc. to newspapers, radio or television (剧团等雇用 的）广告宣传人员

press box noun a special area or a room at a sports ground where sports journalists sit (体育场的）新闻工

作室，记者席

press conference {especially Br£) [NAmE usually 'news conference) noun a meeting at which sb talks to a group of journalists in order to answer their questions or to make an official statement记者招待会；新闻发布 会：to hokt/give a press con/erence _ 行7 召弁 id 者招 待会

press corps noun {pi. press corps) a group of journalists who work in or go to a particular place to report on an event记者团；特派记者组

press cutting (er£) (also 'press dipping NAmE, BrE) noun = cutting n.[l)

pressed /prest/ 1 [not before noun]〜（for sth) not having enough of sth, especially time or money (时 间、资金等）紧缺，短绌：/’m reaHy pressed/or cash at the moment.眼下我真的缺钱。一 see also hard- pressed 2 made flat using force or a heavy object 的；压扁的：pictures made vWth pressed仰wers 用压在 制作的画◊ neat〖ypressed trousers熨得平丰整整的西裤 press gallery noun an area in a parliament building or a court for journalists to sit in (议会或法庭的）记者席 press gang noun a group of people who were em­ployed in the past to force men to join the army or navy抓丁团，拉夫队㈠日时受雇抓人当兵） press-gang ve叻[VN]〜sb (into sth/into doing sth) (informal) to force sb to do sth that they do not want to do迫g自己，勉强别人（做某事， pres-sie noun = prezzie press-ing /'presirj/ adj., noun

•                  adj. [usually before noun] 1 needing to be dealt with immediately 紧急的；急迫的 H3ZI urgent: rm afraid J have some pressing business to attend to.很抱歉，我有 些急事需要处理。2 difficult to refuse or to ignore难以 推却知；不容忽视的：a pressing invitation难以推却的 邀_

noun an object, especially a record, made by using pressure or weight to shape a piece of metal, plastic, etc.; a number of such objects that are made at one time模压制品，同批次的模压产品（尤指唱片）：77ie

1 1565        pressure

initial pressing of the groups album has already sold out. 这个乐队的首批专辑唱片已售罄。 press-man /'presmasn/ noun {pi. -men /-men/) {BrE, />7/o/wa/) a journalist记者；报人；新闻工作者 'press office noun the office of a large organization, political party or government department that answers questicms from journalists and provides them with information (组织、政党或政府的）新闻办公室 'press officer noun a person who is in charge of or works for a press office新闻发言人；新闻发布官；新闻 _局长

'press release noun an official statement made to journalists by a large organization, a political party or a government department (向媒体i布的）新闻稿 'press secretary noun a person who works for a politician or a political organization and gives informa­tion about them to journalists, the newspapers, etc. 0r 闻秘书

'press stud (also pop-per) (both 8rf) {NAmE snap) noun a type of button used for fastening clothes, consisting of two metal or plastic sections that can be pressed together 摁扣；子每扣 _ picture o. fastener 1 press-up (8f£) (also _push_up 8nE) /?own [usually pi.] an exercise in which you lie on your stomach and raise your body off the ground by pressing down on your hands until your arms are straight 俯臣卜撑 一 picture o page R27

preS-SUre /'preja{r)/ noun, verb • noun

•                  WHEN STH PRESSES 挤时 1 [u] the force or weight with which sth presses against sth else 压力；挤压：The nurse applied pressure to his arm to stop the bleeding. 士压住他的胳ll止血。◊ The barriers gave way under the pressure o/t/ie crowd.拥挤的人群把路障推倒j。

•                  OF GAS/LI焱UID 气体；液体 2 [U,.:C] the force produced by a particular amount of gas or liquid in a confined space or container; the amount of" this 压力；—住■'强：air/ water pressure 空气 / 水的g力◊ Check the tyre pres­sure (= the amount of air in a tyre) regukirty•要定期检 查轮—的气压。一see also BLOOD PRESSURE

•                  OF ATMOSPHERE 本，气 3 [U] the force of the atmosphere on the earth’s surface 大气压：A band of higWlow pressure is moving across the country. —

经过这个国家。一see also ATMOSPHERIC( 1)

•                  PERSUAS丨ON/FORCE 劝说；强迫 4 [U] ~ (for sth) 1 〜（on sb) (to do sth) the act of trying to persuade or to force sb to do sth A促；要求；B争吁；强迫：The pressure/or change continued to mount.改革的呼声持參髙涨。◊ There is a great deal of pressure on young people to con/orm.年轻人被大力要籴守规矩。◊ The government eventually bowed to popular pressure (= they agreed to do what people were trying to get 仕lem to do).政府最 终向群众的;^力低头。◊ teenagers may /ind it di^iicuZt to resist peer pressure.青少年可能觉得福难抗拒_龄人 的压力。

•                  STRESS 紧张 5 [U] (also pres.sures [P|.]) difficulties and feelings of anxiety that are caused by the need to achieve or to behave in a particular way 心理琢力;，紧 张：She was unable to attend because of the pressure of work.由于工作紧张她不能出席。◊ r〇u need to be abZe to hamHe pressure m this彳ob.你要能应付这一工作的，压 力。◊ How can anyone enjoy ffte pressures 〇/ cify h/e?'怎 么会有人喜欢都市生活的压力呢？

IT»T?1 put 'pressure on sb (to do sth) to force or to try to persuade sb to do sth 强迫；促使；劝说 under ’pres­sure 1 if a liquid or a gas is kept under pressure， it is forced into a container so that when the container is opened，.the liquid or gas escapes quickly (液体或气 # )受力，■    2 being forced to do sth 被迫：The

director i& under increasing pressure to resign, i-ff 被迫请辞的压力越来越大。3 made to feel anxious about sth you have to do承受着（急于完成某事的）压 力：TTie team pe/forms vveH under pressure.这个队在压 力下表现良好。

■ ver办[often passive] 〜sb(intosth/intodoingsth)(espe-

cially NAm£) = pressurize(I)： [VN] Donft let yourself be