under pressure
在压力下,压力下,压力之下,在压力之下
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Definitions
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- : the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- : Physics. force per unit area. Symbol: PCompare stress.
- : Meteorology. atmospheric pressure.
- : Electricity. electromotive force.
- : the state of being pressed or compressed.
- : harassment; oppression: the pressures of daily life.
- : a constraining or compelling force or influence: the social pressures of city life; financial pressure.
- : urgency, as of affairs or business: He works well under pressure.
- : Obsolete. that which is impressed.
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pres·sured, pres·sur·ing.
- : to force toward a particular end; influence: They pressured him into accepting the contract.
- : pressurize.
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Examples
“The institution of marraige [sic] is under attack in our society and it needs to be strengthened,” Bush wrote.
It is grandstanding for a right rarely protected unless under immediate attack.
“Price for adults to $4250; From 10 years to 14 years to $2125; Under 10 years free,” the listing says.
“Under Suleimani several military branches have taken shape [in Iraq] which are run by Iran and the Iranian military,” he said.
And that means they also fall under the umbrella of programs most likely to get the axe when state and federal budgets are tight.
Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
The Pontellier and Ratignolle compartments adjoined one another under the same roof.
He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.