press是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 压； 压榨； 紧迫， 催促n. 报刊， 通讯社； 压榨机，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I have waited for you on purpose, and am very glad to see you arrive so happy,' said Hippolyte, when the prince came forward to press his hand, immediately after greet-ing Vera.
-- Give me your hand let me press it sincerely.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Go,' said he, 'to the tent of Achil-les, son of Peleus; take Briseis by the hand and bring her hither; if he will not give her I shall come with others and take her which will press him harder.'
-- Even as thou didst hear me aforetime when I prayed, and didst press hardly upon the Achaeans, so hear me yet again, and stay this fearful pestilence from the Danaans.'
-- He struck at the projecting part of his helmet and drove the spear into his brow; the point of bronze pierced the bone, and darkness veiled his eyes; headlong as a tower he fell amid the press of the fight, and as he dropped King Elephe-nor, son of Chalcodon and captain of the proud Abantes began dragging him out of reach of the darts that were fall-ing around him, in haste to strip him of his armour.
-- Do not, I pray you, press so furiously forward, or you may get killed.'
-- Then, when you have put heart into all our companies, we will stand firm here and fight the Danaans however hard they press us, for there is nothing else to be done.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I had to hang on to the table and press my forehead against the glass.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I found Montgomery very reticent about his purpose with these creatures, and about his desti- nation; and though I was sensible of a growing curiosity as to both, I did not press him.
-- Some of these no doubt they could press into their service against me if need arose.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- said Heyward, pausing to press her hand as he passed toward the outer entrance of the cavern.
-- 'Our decision should be speedy,' said Duncan, gladly availing himself of this change of humor, to press the more important objects of their interview; 'I cannot conceal from you, sir, that the camp will not be much longer tenable; and I am sorry to add, that things appear no better in the fort; more than half the guns are bursted.'
-- At such moments I forbear to press the holy songs; but there are many sweet and comfortable periods of satisfactory communication, when the ears of the savages are astounded with the uplift-ings of our voices.'
-- While his companions were mounting, how-ever, he found time to press the hand of the scout, and to repeat the terms of an engagement they had made to meet again within the posts of the British army.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Through this delirious scene, the child, frightened and repelled by all she saw, led on her bewildered charge, clinging close to her conductor, and trembling lest in the press she should be separated from him and left to find her way alone.
-- 'If the journey you have before you is a long one,' he said, 'and don't press you for one day, you're very welcome to pass another night here.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Don't press me for an answer.
-- Suddenly the prisoners who stood in the middle began to press back, making a passage for the inspector, who walked to the middle of the chapel, and the services commenced.
-- "I think you have said everything----" She extended her hand, but did not press his.
-- "I will press your--our case, and with God's help the sentence will be set aside."
-- From the books and his conversations with the clerk he learned that, as before, two-thirds of the best arable land was cultivated by his own men, and the rest by peasants who were paid five rubles per acre--that is to say, for five rubles the peasant undertook to plow, harrow and sow an acre of land three times, then mow it, bind or press it, and carry it to the barn.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Presently I am going to press the lever, and off the machine will go.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He even avoided the subject, which I one day thought it my duty to press upon him.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She saw him press the water out of his face, and look at the bandage on his hand.
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