单词详解
1. v.
A. 压，按，挤，推（push it firmly against something else）
She pressed his back against the door. 她后背紧紧靠在门上。
B. 按，揿（按钮或开关）（push it with your finger in order to make a machine or device work）
There was no-one at the reception desk. 接待处一个人也没有。
C. 用力按，用力挤压，用力踩（push hard against it with your foot or hand）
She pressed the accelerator hard. 她用力踩油门。
D. 极力要求（ try hard to persuade someone to give it to you or to agree to it）
They had pressed for their children to be taught Chinese.
他们极力要求给他们的孩子教授汉语。
E. 催促，敦促，竭力劝说（try hard to persuade them to do something）
The girl smiles coyly when pressed about her private life.
当人们追问她的私生活时，她羞涩地笑了笑。
F. 坚持，强调（ claim, demand, or point）
His officials have visited Washington to press their case for economic aid.
他的官员们已经访问了华盛顿，竭力要求得到经济援助。
G. 困扰，严重影响（ claim, demand, or point）
Right now, I've got other problems that are pressing on me.
现在又有其他一些问题困扰着我。
H. 硬给，强加于（give it to them and insist that they take it）
Food was pressed on him. 别人硬塞给他一些食品。
I. 熨烫，熨平（iron clothes in order to get rid of the creases）
There's a couple of dresses to be pressed. 还有几件衣服要熨。
J. 榨取，压榨，挤压（水果或蔬菜）（squeeze fruits and vegetables or crush them, usually in order
to extract the juice）
The grapes are pressed. 这些葡萄是用来榨汁的。
2. n.
A. 报纸，报刊（the same as newspapers）
Press reports revealed that ozone levels in the upper atmosphere fell during the past month.
新闻报道透露上层大气的臭氧浓度在上个月有所下降。
B. 新闻记者（the same as journalists）
A meeting was promised, but the press was not admitted.
承诺将召开一次会议，但是不允许记者到场。
C. 印刷机（a machine used for printing things）
He was writing the book up to the moment the presses rolled. 直到付梓的那一刻他才完稿。
相关词组
go to press 付梓，付印
The manuscript will go to press early next month. 原稿将于下月初付印。
相关单词
同义词：push
名词：pressure
复数： presses
过去式： pressed
过去分词： pressed
现在分词： pressing
第三人称单数： presses
相关链接
词语辨析：magazine, journal, periodical, publication, newspaper, review, press
magazine, journal, periodical, publication, newspaper, review, press
这些名词均有“出版物，定期刊物”之意。
magazine: 指刊登各种文章、小说、诗歌、评议的杂志。
journal: 本义为“日报”，现在可指定期发生的周刊、月刊、季刊等或指学术团体出版的刊物、杂志或学报。
periodical: 通常指除日报以外的定期出版刊物。
publication: 指出版物，发行物。
newspaper: 一般指每日出版的报纸。
review: 多指登载评论性文章或讨论重大事件的文章的刊物。
press: 系报刊总称，也指报界或报业。
词语详解
1. magazine: 指刊登各种文章、小说、诗歌、评议的杂志。
This magazine has a large circulation.
这本杂志发行量很大
2. journal: 本义为“日报”，现在可指定期发生的周刊、月刊、季刊等或指学术团体出版的
刊物、杂志或学报。
I subscribed to a journal this year.
今年我订了一份期刊。
3. periodical: 通常指除日报以外的定期出版刊物。
He refereed for a periodical a few years ago. 
几年前他为一期刊担任编审。
4. publication: 指出版物，发行物。
The publication of his book will be next month. 
将在下个月出版他的书。
5. newspaper: 一般指每日出版的报纸。
She likes reading the newspaper. 她喜欢看报纸。
6. review: 多指登载评论性文章或讨论重大事件的文章的刊物。
Before the examination we have a review of the term's work.
考试之前，我们复习一学期的功课。
7. press: 系报刊总称，也指报界或报业。
We read news in the daily press. 我们从每天的报刊上看新闻。
