圧力
解説 Definition
pressures は pressure（圧力、重圧）の複数形です。物理的な圧力だけでなく、人や社会から受ける複数の重圧を表すときにも使われます。
The plural form of pressure, referring to two or more physical forces acting on something or to several demands, worries, or influences that cause stress or affect a decision.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pressure「圧力・重圧」の規則的な複数形で、語末に -s を加え、末尾は /z/ と発音します。一種類の力なら pressure、物理条件の異なる複数の圧力や、学業・家庭・社会など複数の重圧なら pressures です。「face many pressures」をまとまりで覚えましょう。
Begin with singular pressure, meaning either physical force or a demand that creates stress. Its regular plural is pressures: add s, pronounced /ɪz/ because the singular ends in the sound /ʃər/. Use the plural when several kinds, sources, or levels are involved. A container may withstand different pressures, while students may face academic, social, and family pressures at the same time. Remember the common pattern “face many pressures.” Do not confuse pressures with presses: presses can be machines or forms of the verb press.
例文
The box can handle high pressures.
その箱は高い圧力に耐えられます。
Students face many pressures before exams.
生徒たちは試験前に多くの重圧に直面します。
Different pressures affected the final decision.
さまざまな圧力が最終決定に影響しました。
pressures の類義語・関連語
pressures の語源・成り立ち Etymology
pressures は pressure の複数形で、語源は古フランス語 pressure、さらにラテン語 pressura「押すこと」にさかのぼる。核にはラテン語 premere「押しつける」があり、物理的に押す感覚から「圧力」や心理的プレッシャーの意味へ広がった。関連語は press、depress。
Pressures is the regular plural of pressure. Pressure entered English through Old French and comes ultimately from Latin pressura, meaning a pressing or compression. That noun is related to Latin premere, “to press.” The physical idea of force pushing against something later extended naturally to demands, influences, and worries that seem to push on a person mentally or socially. Press and depress are historically related English words.
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