- (often the Press)[singular + singular or plural verb]
newspapers and magazines 报章杂志；报刊；平面媒体 the local/national/foreign press 地方／全国／外国报刊 the popular/tabloid press (= newspapers with a lot of pictures and stories about famous people) 通俗报刊；小报 the music/sporting press (= newspapers and magazines about music/sport) 音乐／体育报刊 The mainstream press is ignoring this story. 主流媒体忽略了这个故事。 Unlike the American, the British press operates on a national scale. 与美国不同，英国报刊都是行销全国的。 - in the press
The case has been widely reported in the press. 该案件已被媒体广泛报道。 the freedom of the Press/press freedom (= the freedom to report any events and express opinions) 新闻自由 The event is bound to attract wide press coverage (= it will be written about in many newspapers). 这个事件一定会在各报刊广泛报道。 According to French press reports, three people have been killed. 据法国媒体报道，已有三人死亡。 a White House press briefing 白宫新闻发布会
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsb1He issued a press statement insisting on his innocence. 他向新闻界发表声明，坚持自己是清白的。 He kept a scrapbook containing press cuttings of his concerts. 他保存着一本自己音乐会的剪报簿。 The right-wing press tried to stir up prejudice against immigrants. 右翼媒体试图挑起针对移民的偏见。 There was no mention of the incident in the national press. 全国性的报刊没有提到这一事件。 She is constantly being attacked by the press. 她不断受到媒体的攻击。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- international
- local
- …
- alert
- brief
- tell
- …
- briefing
- release
- statement
- …
- in the press
- get a good, bad, etc. press
- get good, bad, etc. press
- have a good, bad, etc. press
- …
- the press, the Press[singular + singular or plural verb]
the journalists and photographers who work for newspapers and magazines 记者；新闻工作者；新闻界 The Press was/were not allowed to attend the trial. 庭审谢绝新闻采访。 She has been harassed by the press, who desperately need a story. 她受到了新闻界的骚扰，因为记者迫切想追到新闻。 He told the press that there had been ‘further progress’. 他告诉媒体，已经有了“进一步的进展”。 She told them not to talk to the press. 她告诉他们不要和媒体谈话。
Extra ExamplesDid the senator deliberately mislead the press? 参议员是故意误导记者吗？ She showed the doorman her press pass. 她向门卫出示了她的记者通行证。 Someone must have alerted the press that she was going to be there. 一定有人向媒体透露了她要去那里。 The company's press office did not return the call. 该公司的新闻办公室没有回电话。 The president was briefed before meeting the press. 总统会见媒体前已有人向其作了简要的报告。 The spokesman addressed an international press corps. 这位发言人对国际记者团发表了谈话。 They introduced measures including muzzling the press and illegal detainment. 他们采取的措施包括封住媒体的嘴和非法扣押。 We got to sit in the press box since my dad would be writing about the game. 因为我爸爸要写比赛的情况，我们得坐在记者席上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- international
- local
- …
- alert
- brief
- tell
- …
- briefing
- release
- statement
- …
- in the press
- get a good, bad, etc. press
- get good, bad, etc. press
- have a good, bad, etc. press
- …
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the type or amount of reports that newspapers write about somebody/something 报道；评论 The airline has had a bad press recently (= journalists have written unpleasant things about it). 这家航空公司最近受到新闻界的责难。 The demonstration got very little press. 新闻媒体对这次示威游行报道很少。 His latest novel didn't get (a) very good press (= was not praised in the media). 他新出版的小说没有得到新闻界的好评。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- international
- local
- …
- alert
- brief
- tell
- …
- briefing
- release
- statement
- …
- in the press
- get a good, bad, etc. press
- get good, bad, etc. press
- have a good, bad, etc. press
- …
- [countable, uncountable]
a machine for printing books, newspapers, etc.; the process of printing them 印刷机；印刷 We were able to watch the books rolling off the presses. 我们可以看到书本从印刷机上源源不断地印出。 These prices are correct at the time of going to press. 这些价格在付印时是准确无误的。 a story that is hot off the press (= has just appeared in the newspapers) 刚刚见报的新闻报道
Extra ExamplesThe newspaper goes to press at 6 o'clock. 报纸 6 点钟付印。 The presses are already rolling. 印刷机已经开动。 Their new book is in press. 他们的新书正在印刷。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- printing
- go to
- roll
- in press
- hot off the press
- hot off the presses
- stop the press
- …
- [countable]
a business that prints and publishes books 出版社；印刷所 Oxford University Press 牛津大学出版社
- [countable]
(especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词 a piece of equipment that is used for creating pressure on things, to make them flat or to get liquid from them 压平机；压榨机；榨汁机 
a trouser press 烫裤机 a garlic press 压蒜器
- [countable, usually singular]
an act of pushing something with your hand or with a tool that you are holding 挤压；推；按 - [singular]
a large number of people or things competing for space or movement 拥挤的人群（或大批事物） the press of bodies all moving the same way 拥向同一方向的人群 Among the press of cars he glimpsed a taxi. 在拥挤的汽车中，他瞥见了一辆出租车。
- [countable] (Irish English, Scottish English)
a large cupboard, usually with shelves, for holding clothes, books, etc. （分层）大壁橱，衣柜，书柜，碗柜
newspapers报章
publishing/printing出版；印刷
equipment for pressing挤压设备
act of pushing推压
crowd群集
cupboard橱柜
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French presse (noun), presser (verb), from Latin pressare ‘keep pressing’, frequentative of premere.
