pressurise

1. It was a move designed to pressurise workers to return earlier.
   这是一项旨在迫使工人早日复工的措施。
2. Instead, through economic and diplomatic channels, the outside world should pressurise the Assads – making it clear they can never regain global acceptance.
   通过经济和外交渠道，外界应该向阿萨德家族施压&清楚地表明，他们绝不会重新获得国际社会的支持。
3. In his most high profile speech since the election, the president-elect ratcheted up the rhetoric to pressurise lawmakers who are threatening delays to his stimulus package.
   在大选以来最受瞩目的一次讲话中，这位当选总统加重了语气，从而对那些威胁拖延他提出的刺激方案的立法者施加压力。
4. Asked by Josef Ackermann, chief executive of Deutsche Bank, whether the markets were right to pressurise banks to hold more capital, the ECB president insisted three times that "what the markets are suggesting is not appropriate".
   当德意志银行（deutschebank）首席执行官约瑟夫阿克曼（josefackermann）问道，市场向银行施压以增加资本金是否有道理时，欧洲央行行长强调了三次，“市场提出的建议并不合适”。
5. Murdoch visited Blair three times personally in order to pressurise him on behalf of George Bush to support the Iraq invasion.
   默多克曾三次亲自造访布莱尔为了劝说他为了布什支持美国入侵伊拉克。
6. The Russians use the threat of redirecting oil and gas supplies eastward to pressurise their European customers.
   俄罗斯人利用威胁将石油和天然气改向东方供应向他们的东欧客户施压。
7. We have to pressurise and score at the start in order to control the game.
   我们必须保持压力，在开场就进球以便控制比赛。

verb

1. increase the pressure in or of
   1. The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort

   Synonym:    pressurize

2. maintain a certain pressure
   1. the airplane cabin is pressurized
   2. pressurize a space suit

   Synonym:    pressurize

3. increase the pressure on a gas or liquid

   Synonym:    superchargepressurize