pressure
英 ['pre??]
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- n. 壓力；壓迫，[物] 壓強
- vt. 迫使；密封；使……增壓
考試真題
- They need to keep teams small and focused: giving in to pressure to be more inclusive is a guarantee of dysfunction.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- They are under growing pressure to balance their national budgets.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- Nonetheless, the renewed focus on waistlines means that industry groups are under pressure to demonstrate their products are healthy as well as tasty.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- Many of the assignments and rules teachers come up with, often because they are pressured by their administrators, treat pleasure and joy as the enemies of competence and responsibility.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- The authors documented an annual drop of as many as 120,000 cases of heart disease, 66,000 instances of stroke and 99,000 heart attacks caused by high blood pressure after a 3-g-per-day reduction in salt.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- The advantages, not surprisingly, were greater for African Americans, who are more likely to develop high blood pressure than other ethnic groups, and for the elderly, since blood vessels stiffen with age, which can lead to higher blood pressure.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- They also calculated the cost savings emerging from the amount of disease that would be avoided because of lower blood pressure
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- Many societies throughout history and around the world today have cultivated strong pressures to stay married.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- In the absence of societal pressures to maintain pair-bonds, O'Sullivan suggests that romantic love has increasingly come to be seen as the factor that should determine who we stay with and for how long
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- If you believe that you have found true romance, and your culture tells you that this is what a long-term relationship should be based on, there is less need to rely on social or family pressures to keep couples together, O'Sullivan argues.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- Without social pressures to keep pair-bonds, romantic love plays a key role in maintaining long-term relationships
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- marriages are hard to sustain without social or family pressures
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- romantic love tends to yield where family or social pressures are strong
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- One who has integrity is bound by and follows moral and ethical (道德上的) standards even when making life's hard choices, choices which may be clouded by stress, pressure to succeed, or temptation.
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- Risky Business We are each responsible for our own decisions, even if the decision, making process has been undermined by stress or peer pressure
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity (陽剛), the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to conform to a stereotype.
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- It places more pressure on boys than on girls
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- What's less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession - financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable.
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- Even if there is no curve, cheating "poisons" the classroom, and others may feel pressured to join in.
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- But there is also pressure to buy local and save on food miles, which means we take our vegetables from the local markets, and there are a lot that work well with British staples.
出自-2011年6月閱讀原文
- Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure
出自-2011年6月閱讀原文
- People need time away from the pressures of study or work to relax and enjoy time with friends and family.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- A drop in oxygen pressure can cause headaches in certain individuals.
2019年12月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section A
- According to the World Health Organization, 80 percent of deaths from heart disease and stroke are caused by high blood pressure, tobacco use, elevated cholesterol and low consumption of fruits and vegetables.
2018年12月四級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section B
- Although the pressure of the cabin is adjusted to prevent altitude sickness, you could still experience sleepiness or a headache.
2019年12月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section A
- And of course, if it has an impact on obesity, it will have an impact on diabetes, and heart disease, and high blood pressure.
2016年6月四級真題（第一套）聽力 Section A
- At the same time, high blood pressure has become an increasing problem.
2016年6月四級真題（第一套）聽力 Section C
- Blood pressure and heart rate are typically at their lowest levels during sleep.
2016年6月四級真題（第一套）聽力 Section C
- But it's also important to recognize that the pressure to divorce may be health-related and that sick ex-wives may need additional care and services to prevent worsening health and increased health costs.
2019年6月四級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section C
- French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was known to be unimpressed by the declining taste of early 18th century cooking, but under pressure to entertain Paris' high society, he too called Careme to his kitchen at Tuileries Palace.
2018年12月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- In that light, aging itself might be seen as something treatable, the way you would treat high blood pressure or a vitamin deficiency.
2017年12月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section C
- It's a great way for me to relieve stress and pressure, and dance my way towards feeling energetic and happy again.
2019年6月四級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- Once you get beyond the initial learning curve, knitting and crocheting can lower heart rate and blood pressure.
2017年12月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- People who sleep less tend to have higher blood pressure, heart attack, diabetes, weight gain and other problems.
2016年6月四級真題（第一套）聽力 Section C
- PepsiCo is to spend billions of dollars to develop drinks and snacks and reformulate existing ones with lower sugar, salt and fat, as consumers demand healthier options and regulatory pressure intensifies amid an obesity epidemic.
2018年12月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section C
- The Italian Culture ministry says it is unaware of any government efforts to pressure UNESCO.
2018年6月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
- The lower oxygen pressure found in an aircraft cabin is equivalent to that at 6, 000-8, 000 feet of altitude.
2019年12月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section A
- There are many things that can cause confusion and memory loss, including health problems like temporary stoppage of breathing during sleep, high blood pressure, or depression, as well as medications like antidepressants.
2018年6月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section C
- There's no question people can take things a long way toward reversing diabetes, reversing high blood pressure, even preventing cancer by food choices.
2018年12月四級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section B
- They need to keep teams small and focused: giving in to pressure to be more "inclusive" is a guarantee of dysfunction.
2017年6月四級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section B
- In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand ( ' , especially from emerging markets), the long-term drop in petroleum consumption in the United States, and some displacement of oil by substitutes.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
- Workplace norms pressure employees to overwork, deterring them from taking paid time off.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- Without sustained external pressure it seems certain Mr.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- Pressure from tobacco manufacturers remains strong.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to be always on, they find ways to accommodate that pressure, including altering their schedules, work habits and interactions with family and friends.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- But that isn't why the government—under pressure from cancer charities, health workers and the Labour party—has agreed to legislate for standardised packaging.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- But even when employees are given paid time off, workplace norms and expectations that pressure them to overwork often prevent them from taking it.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica's treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring ( ' , possibly painfully) some of his kinetic energy ( ' , 動能 ) to your own body, or you can approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- Rising population combined with improved nutrition standards and shifting dietary preferences will exert pressure for increases in global food supply.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- However, pressure will grow on finite resources of land, energy and water
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- At certain stages of life, especially adolescence, the pressure to be seen as similar to peers is immense.
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文
- According to Harry Vallentine, a Canadian engineer who is researching modern steam technology, a special tank measuring 2 by 10 metres could store over 750 kilowatt hours of energy as high pressure steam, enough to pull a two-cart train for an hour or so.
2018年12月六級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- But even when employees are given paid time off, workplace norms and expectations that pressure them to overwork often prevent them from taking it.
2016年12月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section B
- But it's not only women who are affected by this pressure to look good.
2019年6月六級真題（第一套）聽力 Section C
- Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to be always "on,"they find ways to accommodate that pressure, including altering their schedules, work habits and interactions with family and friends.
2016年12月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section B
- If there's a downward pressure on costs, because of a need for investment in other areas, I would argue that this is a perfectly feasible solution.
2016年12月六級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- If you want to change his course, you have only a few choices: you can stop him, transferring possibly painfullysome of his kinetic energy to your own body, or toucan approach alongside and slowly apply pressure to gradually alter his course.
2015年12月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section B
- In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand especially from eme
2017年6月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section B
- The gas can be stored under pressure in a tank.
2018年12月六級真題（第二套）聽力 Section C
- The quite dramatic unemployment figures, which we now see in some of the countries, strongly suggest that there will be greater pressure on wages in the future, as more people will be unemployed, more people will be looking for jobs and the pressure on em
2016年6月六級真題（第二套）聽力 Section B
- This unique ecosystem may soon be under pressure.
2017年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section C
- We should assure such students that risk, and even peer pressure, can be a good thing—as long as it happens in the classroom and not in the car.
2018年6月六級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B
- When considering risk factors associated with serious chronic diseases, we often think about health indicators such as cholesterol, blood pressure, and body weight.
2019年12月六級真題（第一套）閱讀 Section A
- without sustained external pressure it seems certain Mr. Cameron would still be hooked on the interests of big tobacco companies
2016年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section C
- Big companies could relieve data security pressure.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項
- But what starts as fun usage of apps turns into tremendous pressure in real social media interaction at secondary school.
2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- By the time they started secondary school—at age 11—children were already far more aware of their image online and felt under huge pressure to ensure their posts were popular, the report found.
2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots.
2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- Finally, dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam.
2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- Governments could relieve their financial pressure.
2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀C 選項
- If you have a tension headache, you may also feel the pressure on both sides of your head.
2015年高考英語湖北卷 聽力 原文
- In fact, women are less likely to have high blood pressure or to die from heart attacks.
2016年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 七選五 原文
- It turns out that just looking at green,growing things can reduce stress,lower blood pressure,and put people into a better mood.
2019年高考英語全國卷I 閱讀理解 七選五 原文
- Many of our conversations are gossip, I have noticed three effects of gossip: It can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.
2016年高考英語浙江卷（6月） 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- She said social media firms were exposing children to major emotional risks, with some youngsters starting secondary school ill-equipped to cope with the tremendous pressure they faced online.
2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- The pressure built and the vegetables cooked.
2015年高考英語四川卷 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文
- The pressures of "time" and "destination" are further blocks to awareness.
2018年高考英語天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- The report said they also faced pressure to respond to messages at all hours of the day—especially at secondary school when more youngsters have mobile phones.
2018年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- This smart keyboard precisely measures the cadence with which one types and the pressure fingers apply to each key.
2019年高考英語全國卷I 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
- The need of training is too evident; the pressure to accomplish a change in their attitude and habits is too urgent to leave these consequences wholly out of account.
出自-2009年考研翻譯原文
- The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes it reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.
出自-2010年考研閱讀原文
- But by giving in to critics now they are inviting pressure to make more concessions.
出自-2010年考研閱讀原文
- Members of social networks, for instance, are learning that they can hijack media to apply pressure on the businesses that originally created them.
出自-2011年考研閱讀原文
- As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don’t get the nod also may wish to move on.
出自-2011年考研閱讀原文
- This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.
出自-2012年考研閱讀原文
- That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure.
出自-2012年考研閱讀原文
- Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.
出自-2012年考研閱讀原文
- Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful.
出自-2012年考研閱讀原文
- Her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology.
出自-2012年考研閱讀原文
- But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word.
出自-2012年考研閱讀原文
- There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically.
出自-2014年考研閱讀原文
- Under lobby pressure，George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- In Denmark, the United States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standards for models and fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- Hill’s pressure later led to creation of national parks and green belts.
出自-2016年考研閱讀原文
- Complex international, economic, technological and culture change could start to diminish the leading position of English as the language of the world market, and UK interests which enjoy advantage from the breath of English usage would consequently face new pressures.
出自-2017年考研翻譯原文
- Merely helping a gift-giver gain access to other officials, unless done with clear intent to pressure those officials, is not corruption, the justices found.
出自-2017年考研閱讀原文
- And interest groups ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers exert self-interested pressure on the USPS's ultimate overseer-Congress-insisting that whatever else happens to the Postal Service, aspects of the status quo they depend on get protected.
出自-2018年考研閱讀原文
- After all, four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as well as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top position—no matter how much "soft pressure" is put upon them.
2013年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- And interest groups ranging from postal unions to greeting-card makers exert self-interested pressure on the USPS's ultimate overseer-Congress一insisting that whatever else happens to the Postal Service, aspects of the status quo they depend on get protect
2018年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure, executives who don't get the nod also may wish to move on.
2011年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their li
2012年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- For factory owners, it all adds up to stiff competition for workers—and upward pressure on wages.
2017年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- hill's pressure later led to creation of national parks and green belts.
2016年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- Members of social networks, for instance, are learning that they can hijack media to apply pressure on the businesses that originally created them.
2011年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- Merely helping a gift-giver gain access to other officials, unless done with clear intent to pressure those officials, is not corruption, the Justices found.
2017年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- The IASB says it does not want to act without overall planning, but the pressure to fold when it completes its reconstruction of rules later this year is strong.
2010年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year.
2017年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
- Under lobby pressure, George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal.
2016年考研真題（英語一）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ