漫畫學六級詞匯 第74期

press n. 壓，印刷，壓力，擁擠 v. 壓，壓榨，逼迫，擁擠，受壓

例句：The child pressed her nose against the window.

那小女孩把鼻子貼在窗戶上。

pressure n. 壓，壓力，電壓.壓迫.強制，緊迫

例句：These old people are unaccustomed to the pressure of modem life.

這些老人不習慣現(xiàn)代生活的緊張壓力。

stress n. 逼迫，壓力，重點，強調(diào)vt. 著重，強調(diào)，重讀

例句：Susan was completely weighed down by the stress of examinations.

蘇珊被考試的壓力壓垮了。

compress vt. 壓縮，摘要敘述

例句：The film compresses several years into half an hour.

這部電影將幾年的事壓縮于半小時內(nèi)。

suppress vt. 鎮(zhèn)壓，抑制，查禁，使止住

例句：The revolt was suppressed in a matter of hours.

叛亂在幾小時之內(nèi)就鎮(zhèn)壓下去了。

oppress vt. 壓迫，壓抑

例句：The emperor oppressed his people with terrible taxes andpunishments.

君王以苛捐雜稅和嚴刑來壓迫人民。

depress vt. 使沮喪，使消沉，壓下，壓低，使蕭條 v.壓下

例句：The threat of war has depressed business activity nationwide.

戰(zhàn)爭的威脅使全國范圍內(nèi)經(jīng)濟蕭條。

depression n.沮喪，消沉，低氣壓，低壓

例句：In time of depression, there were no enough jobs.

蕭條時期，沒有足夠的工作機會。