Word · Frequency #687
pressuring
施压；逼迫；给……施加压力
pressuring is the present participle of pressure.
To strongly persuade or force someone to do something; to exert influence or pressure on someone.
- 1.
To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
鼓励或施加强大影响
鼓励或施加强大影响；迫使；使增压；密封
In use
The boss pressures his employees to work overtime every week.
They pressured me into signing the contract against my will.
The company is pressuring its suppliers to cut costs.
Verb forms
base pressure · third person pressures · -ing pressuring · past pressured · past participle pressured
Connections
Collocations
- pressure someone into doing something
- 迫使某人做某事
- They pressured her into accepting the job.他们迫使她接受了那份工作。
- pressure the government
- 向政府施压
- Citizens pressured the government to take action.市民向政府施压，要求采取行动。
- pressure for change
- 施压要求变革
- Activists pressured for stricter environmental laws.活动人士施压要求制定更严格的环境法规。
- feel pressured
- 感到有压力
- Many students feel pressured to get high grades.许多学生感到要拿高分的压力。
Synonyms
- coerce
- 强迫；威逼 · coerce 语气较重，通常指用威胁、武力等强硬手段逼迫；pressure 语气较轻，可指以言语或环境施加影响，不一定违法或激烈。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记pressure（施压）：开头press就是按压，想象一只大手按住你肩膀逼你同意，压力感就出来了。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：workplace、news reports、everyday conversation 通常用于日常对话、职场和新闻报道等场景，语气偏中性；pressure sb to do sth 和 pressure sb into doing sth 均表示通过施加影响或压力促使某人做某事。
Pronunciation & Spelling
fresher 和 thresher 与 pressure 押韵：重读元音都是 /ɛ/，后面都是 /ʃɚ/。fissure 有相同的 /ʃɚ/ 结尾，但重读元音 /ɪ/ 不同。measure、pleasure、sure 拼写相近但发音不同：/ˈmɛʒɚ/、/ˈplɛʒɚ/、/ʃʊr/。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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