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pressed

/pɹɛst/ 形容词 B1

中文: 紧迫的、心烦的、被强征入伍的

  1. Under strain or deprivation. · The staff was even more pressed for useful intelligence about the enemy's intentions than it was about the enemy's capabilities.· He found himself hard pressed.
  2. Upset, bothered, reprimanded.
  3. Recruited by a press gang.
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This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第18页 · B2
Her chin was pressed so closely against her foot, that there was hardly room to open her mouth; but she did it at last, and managed to swallow a morsel of the lefthand bit.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第35页 · B2
Then he pressed his face close to the window and watched the fire on the hearth.
《The Jungle Book》,第20页 · B2
Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; but, as the door opened inwards, and Alice’s elbow was pressed hard against it, that attempt proved a failure.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第25页 · B2

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