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4 press [prɛs] 按壓；催促；逼迫 壓榨；出版社；新聞界；報刊雜誌
U16-1-4 102
The famous singer will have a press conference.

這位有名的歌手將舉行新聞記者會。

◎ pressure [ˋprɛʃɚ] 壓力 98 / 97 / 96
tips
Eating too much may cause one to be overweight and get higher blood
pressure.
吃太多可能會造成一個人過重並導致血壓升高。

5 stress [strɛs] 緊張；壓力；強調；重音 強調
U16-1-5 109 / 107 / 104 / 103 / 101 / 99
Everyone’s life has some stress, so he or she should learn to face it.

每個人的生活都有一些壓力，所以他或她應該學習去面對。

6 distress [dɪˋstrɛs] 苦惱；悲痛；危難 使憂傷；使貧困 U16-1-6 101 / 99

Distress for modern people often means too much stress.
現代人的苦惱通常意味著太多的壓力。

7 depress [dɪˋprɛs] 使沮喪；使蕭條 U16-1-7
Tips 易混淆
說明 depressed (adj.)「憂鬱的；沮喪的」
4 press 按壓；新聞界
His incurable disease depressed him extremely.
5 stress 強調；壓力
他不可治癒的疾病使他極其沮喪。
6 distress 苦惱；悲痛
◎ depression [dɪˋprɛʃən] 7 depress 沮喪
低氣壓；不景氣；憂鬱 108
Taking a trip once in a while can help him out of his depression.

偶爾出去旅遊可以幫助他走出憂鬱。

8 disappointed [ˏdɪsəˋpɔɪntɪd] 感到失望的 U16-1-8 107 / 106 / 105 / 101 / 98

說明 disappoint (v.)「使失望」；disappointing (adj.)「令人失望的」
Nancy’s father was disappointed at her low score on the English test.
南西的爸爸對於她在英文考試上成績低落感到失望。

9 improve [ɪmˋpruv] 改進；進步 U16-1-9 105 / 103 / 101 / 100 / 99 / 96

說明 improvement (n.)「改善；改進之處」【98】
Since my memory is not that great, I’ve had to learn ways to improve my memory.
既然我的記憶力沒那麼好，我必須去學習一些增進記憶力的方式。

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