English Dictionary

pressure

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 廃用

A pressing; a force applied to a surface. / A contrasting force or impulse of any kind / Distress. / Urgency / (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.

日本語の意味

ある表面に加えられる押しや力、すなわち圧力 / 何らかの対抗する力や衝動 / 苦痛や苦境の状態 / 切迫感、緊急性 / （古語）印象、刻印、押印された性質

The pressure to finish the project by Friday was intense.

金曜日までにプロジェクトを終わらせるという差し迫った必要性が強く感じられた。

意味（1）

A pressing; a force applied to a surface.

Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.

意味（2）

A contrasting force or impulse of any kind

the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.

意味（3）

Distress.

She has felt pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done by the first.

意味（4）

Urgency

the pressure of business

意味（5）

(obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.

All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past.

意味（6）

(physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.

pressures （ plural ）