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pressing

/pres-ing/US // ˈprɛs ɪŋ //UK // (ˈprɛsɪŋ) //

迫切,逼迫,迫切性,迫切的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any phonograph record produced in a record-molding press from a master or a stamper.
    • : a number of such records produced at one time: The fifth pressing of his hit song has sold out.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.important; urgent

Examples

  • Then again, poetry is probably not the most pressing business case for Primer’s products.

  • It’s a goal that might take a backseat to more pressing concerns in the short term.

  • We are failing to collectively understand what our most critical and pressing problems actually are.

  • Still, perhaps the most pressing issue is that no one knows where the ROS are coming from, and why they accrue in the gut.

  • Over the past several weeks, we have focused our episodes on some of the most pressing and most concrete problems of the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • With the dinner pressing in on him, very little work is getting done.

  • Pressing the dodge button at the right time causes her to temporarily burst into an invincible flock of crows.

  • The coroner said the call had been "clearly pressing on her mind" but that she had had "appropriate" support from the hospital.

  • It's not a problem not most of us have, but for those who do, it's a pressing social issue.

  • Though he was concerned about politics and the environment, he was open in his views, always pressing for spiritual solutions.

  • His strong hands lay palm downwards on the arms of his chair, pressing them hard.

  • But sharper and closer anxieties than any connected with rights to lands and homes were pressing upon Alessandro and Ramona.

  • Under the pressing circumstances the military authorities pretended to be doing something there, and sent up a commission.

  • But I can assure your Majesty with entire truth that the need of your treasury is so pressing now that it is incomparable.

  • Foot by foot the Federals dragged themselves forward, slowly pressing the guerrillas back.