pressed
US:/prest/
UK:/prest/
adj.:
（时间、资金等）紧缺；压平的；压扁的
v.:
“press”的过去分词和过去式
网络:
按下；已按下；按钮按下的状态
Examples
1.
The blue ink scratched its way across the paper, as if hard pressed to recall the individual shapes of letters.
蓝墨水在整张纸上艰难涂写，就好像被逼迫着记起每一个字母的形状。
2.
I closed my eyes, pressed my ear even harder against the door, wanting to hear, not wanting to hear.
我合上双眼，耳朵更加紧贴着门板，又想听，又不想听。
3.
Perhaps his parents were sat at the table whispering with the chief clerk, or perhaps they were all pressed against the door and listening.
也许他的父母正陪了秘书主任坐在桌旁，在低声商谈，也许他们都靠在门上细细谛听呢。
4.
Get after the ball left mouse button can be pressed continued, with the greatest strength of the opponents goal kicked!
拿到球后按住鼠标左键可以续力，用最大的力量踢破对方的球门！
5.
Mrs. Jennings was so far from being weary of her guests that she pressed them very earnestly to return with her again from Cleveland.
詹宁斯太太远没有腻烦她的客人，她满腔热忱地请求他们和她一起再从克利夫兰返回。
6.
WE all felt a little uneasy in the thick darkness, so we pressed close to one another and said nothing.
在黑暗中，我们都觉得很害怕；我们彼此紧紧地挤在一起，一句话也不说。
7.
She pressed start on her iPod and began keeping track of every step she took.
她按开iPod，开始留心她所迈出的每一步。
8.
Opposition politicians continuously pressed him on whether he would rule out that he had talked about the bid with News Corp. personnel.
反对党政客继续对卡梅伦施压，要他明确表示，能否能完全排除他曾和新闻集团的员工谈论过竞购英国天空广播公司一事。
9.
In her closet, Lyla pressed her fingertips against her eyelids until she saw blue, then tapped every tooth with the tip of her tongue.
李拉则蜗居在她的壁橱里，用指尖压住自己的眼睑，直到她看到一片靛蓝悄然漫开；随后再用舌尖点过每颗牙齿。
10.
Hard pressed by his father, John told the truth in spite of his wife's warnings.
约翰被他老子追急了，也就不顾不得老婆的叮嘱，说出了真情实事。