English Dictionary

under the pump

前置詞句

オーストラリア英語 ニュージーランド英語

(Australia, New Zealand) Under pressure to perform, e.g. at work or in a sports contest. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, pump.

日本語の意味

パフォーマンスや成果を求められ、絶えずプレッシャーに晒される状態 / 仕事やスポーツなどで追い詰められて、プレッシャー下に置かれている状態

The captain felt under the pump as the team relied on him to score the winning goal.

キャプテンはチームが勝利のゴールを彼に頼っていたため、実力を発揮するプレッシャーにさらされていた。

意味（1）

(Australia, New Zealand) Under pressure to perform, e.g. at work or in a sports contest.

Nick was under the pump. He was underdone, and the selectors wanted to replace him with James Stewart.

意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, pump.

The laws of the state relative to the intermarriage of the whites with the coloured population, are also referred to. A case of this kind took place at New York when I was there; and as soon as the ceremony was over, the husband, I believe it was, but either the husband or the wife, was seized by the mob and put under the pump for half an hour.