英文單字(1)《press 壓》

press的衍伸字，大多與「人」有關聯。例如depress(沮喪)、express(表達)、suppress(抑制)、repress(抑制)、impress(使留下印象)、oppress(折磨)。總之只要遇到press，就可以聯想到與人有關聯。

press 按、壓(v.)、媒體(n.)

媒體採訪時，記者們總是會往受訪者方向推壓，由此衍伸出「媒體」的名詞。

The press interviewed the star enthusiastically.

pressure 壓力(n.)

I don't like being under pressure.

express 表達、快遞(v.)

將內在的話語推擠出來就是表達；將貨物推送出去就是快遞。

The teacher expresses very fluently.
You express the goods on time.

expression 表情、表達(n.)

She has a lovely expression.

expressive 表達的(adj.)

expressively 意味深長地(adv.)

Amy didn't simply sing on the violin, she sang expressively.

expressible 可表達的(adj.)

compress 壓縮(v.)

※當「con」碰上「p」開頭時，「n」會變成「m」。

想像將紙輕揉成一團並用雙手合力往內壓。

Can you compress the files for me?

compression 壓縮(n.)

compressible 可壓縮的(adj.)

compressor 壓縮機(n.)

suppress 抑制(v.)

※由於「sub」的尾音「b」遇到「p」的開頭不好發音，因此去尾音重複字首「p」。

壓在下面即是抑制。

The tiny squirrel could not suppress his delight.

suppression 抑制(n.)

suppressive 抑制的(adj.)

suppressor 抑制者(n.)

depress 使沮喪、抑制、減少(v.)

心情往下壓就會沮喪；往下按住同suppress有抑制的意思；將數量下壓就是減少。

He depresses me.
This drug can depress breathing.
The government will depress people's wages.

depression 沮喪、憂鬱症、蕭條(n.)

He has a depression.
The economic depression.

depressive 沮喪的(adj.)

repress 抑制(v.)

心一再的壓回即是抑制。和suppress這個字比較起來更接近情緒的壓抑。

She repressed her emotion.

repression 抑制(n.)

repressive 壓抑的(adj.)

She finally freed her repressive emotion.

impress 使印象深刻(v.)

※和「con」一樣，原本的「in」碰上「p」的開頭，變成了「im」。

印象是從外面往人壓進去裡面的。

His interview impressed the interviewer.

impression 印象(n.)

I have an impression of him.

impressive 令人印象深刻的(adj.)

impressively 令人印象深刻地(adv.)

Even more impressively, he ate all foods in a few minutes.

oppress 壓迫、欺壓(v.)

※和「sub」一樣，遇到困難發音的情況時，去掉尾音「b」改為相同的音「p」。

較有負面意思的詞，若對著人壓著即是一種壓迫的行為。

In the past, black people were often oppressed.

oppression 壓迫(n.)

oppressive 壓迫的(adj.)

oppressor 壓迫者(n.)

Extra word:

squirrel 松鼠(n.)
enthusiastically 熱烈地(adj.)