pressure
单词辨析：
主要指精神、心理上的紧张，也指人与人或国与国之间的紧张关系，或某物被过度拉伸的程度或状态。
You can do some exercises to relieve tension.
你可以通过做运动来减压。
The talk lessened the tension greatly.
这次会谈大大缓和了紧张局面。
Tension developed between the students and faculty.
学生和教职员工之间的关系逐渐紧张起来。
Headaches may be caused by tension in the neck muscles.
头痛可能是由颈部肌肉紧张导致的。
多指由气体或液体产生的压力，或某事物所产生的压力或影响力，包括工作或生活中的压力。
The tyre is too hard; reduce the pressure a bit.
这轮胎太硬，要减少一点压力。
Her health collapsed under the pressure of work.
她的身体被工作压力压垮了。
We must bring more pressure to bear on him.
我们应对他施加更大的压力。
She was able to cope well with the pressures of life.
她能妥善应付生活压力。
指物体所承受的张力或拉力，也指因外界压力而造成的身心和情绪等方面的焦虑或压抑。
This post takes the strain of the whole structure.
这根柱子承受了整个结构的压力。
She's under a lot of strain at the moment because her child's ill.
她现在心情紧张，因为她的小孩病了。
Too much work put a severe strain on employees.
工作量过大使雇员产生很严重的焦虑情绪。
指施加于物体、能使其损坏或变形的压力或应力；也指精神压力或心理负担，侧重于一种长期的忧虑。
Shoes with high heels put great stress on ankles.
高跟鞋会对脚踝产生很大的压力。
Susan was completely weighed down by the stress of examinations.
苏珊被考试的压力压垮了。
The stress from the new job caused him to suffer from gastric ulcers.
新工作的压力使他患上了胃溃疡。
相关例句：
He will never pressure you to get married
他永远不会强迫你结婚。
The window in the cockpit had blown in and the pressure dropped dramatically
驾驶舱的窗户突然向内破裂，气压急剧降低。
Don't pressure me
不要逼我。
The pressures of modern life are great.
现代生活的压力很大。
Under pressure from the public, many regional governments cleaned up their beaches.
迫于公众压力，许多地区政府对各自海滩进行了清理。
Under pressure from the American government, Fiat and other manufacturers obeyed the new safety regulations.
在美国政府的压力之下，菲亚特和其他汽车制造商同意遵守新的安全规定。