To pressurize someone is to push them towards doing something by making them feel it is their duty — it would look bad, or unkind, if they said no. Parents pressurize children about exams; a company may pressurize staff to stay late.

To pressurize someone對某人施壓 is是 to push them towards doing something推著他們去做某件事 by making them feel it is their duty方法是讓他們覺得那是自己的責任 it would look bad, or unkind, if they said no如果說不會顯得不好看或不近人情 Parents父母 pressurize children about exams會在考試的事情上對小孩施壓 a company一間公司 may pressurize staff to stay late可能會逼員工加班到很晚

In British English this is a normal verb for that social push. Though actually, in American English pressurize is mostly kept for air and machines (a plane cabin is pressurized), and people say pressure for the human meaning: they pressured me to sign. Britain also writes pressurise.

In British English在英式英文裡 this這 is是 a normal verb for that social push描述這種社會壓力的普通動詞 Though actually不過其實 in American English在美式英文裡 pressurize這個字 is mostly kept for air and machines大多只用在空氣和機器上 (a plane cabin is pressurized飛機機艙是加壓的) and而 people人們 say pressure for the human meaning講到人的時候用pressure這個字: they pressured me to sign他們逼我簽名 Britain英國 also也 writes寫作 pressurisepressurise

The heart of this sense is not a gun to the head; it is the heavy feeling that you cannot decently refuse.

The heart of this sense這個意思的核心 is not不是 a gun to the head拿槍指著頭那種威脅 it它 is是 the heavy feeling that you cannot decently refuse那種讓你覺得不好意思拒絕的沉重感