名词交流; 通讯，通信; 书信; 传达

1. (尤指依靠电或无线电波的)通信系统，通信
Communications are the systems and processes that are used to communicate or broadcast information, especially by means of electricity or radio waves.

e.g. ...a communications satellite.
通讯卫星
e.g. ...communications equipment.
通讯设备

2. 消息;信息
A communication is a message.

e.g. The ambassador has brought with him a communication from the President.
大使带来了总统的口信。

3. see also: communicate

名词采访; 面试; 接见; 会谈

及物/不及物动词面试

及物动词采访; 访问; 会见; （私下）提问

1. 面试;面谈
An interview is a formal meeting at which someone is asked questions in order to find out if they are suitable for a job or a course of study.

e.g. When I went for my first interview for this job I arrived extremely early...
在参加这份工作的初次面试时,我到得非常早。
e.g. The interview went well...
面试进行得非常顺利。

2. 对…进行面试
If you are interviewed for a particular job or course of study, someone asks you questions about yourself to find out if you suitable for it.

e.g. When Wardell was interviewed, he was impressive, and on that basis, he was hired...
沃德尔参加面试的时候给人留下了深刻印象,所以基于这点,他被雇用了。
e.g. He was among the three candidates interviewed for the job.
他是3个来参加求职面试的人选之一。

3. 采访;访谈
An interview is a conversation in which a journalist puts questions to someone such as a famous person or politician.

e.g. Allan gave an interview to the Chicago Tribune newspaper last month...
艾伦上个月接受了《芝加哥论坛报》的采访。
e.g. There'll be an interview with Mr Brown after the news.
新闻过后播出的是对布朗先生的访谈。

4. 采访;访谈
When a journalist interviews someone such as a famous person, they ask them a series of questions.

e.g. I seized the chance to interview Chris Hani about this issue.
我抓住机会就这一问题采访了克里斯·哈尼。

5. 讯问;审讯
When the police interview someone, they ask them questions about a crime that has been committed.

e.g. The police interviewed the driver, but had no evidence to go on.
警方讯问了司机,但是没有获得什么有用的证据。

名词压力; 压（力）; 气压（或血压）（的缩略形式）; 压（迫）感

不及物动词施加压力; 迫使; 使（机舱等）增压

1. 压力
Pressure is force that you produce when you press hard on something.

e.g. She kicked at the door with her foot, and the pressure was enough to open it...
她用脚踢门，力气之大足以把门踹开。
e.g. The pressure of his fingers had relaxed...
他手指按压的力道减轻了。

2. 压力；气压；压强
The pressure in a place or container is the force produced by the quantity of gas or liquid in that place or container.

e.g. The window in the cockpit had blown in and the pressure dropped dramatically...
驾驶舱的窗户突然向内破裂，气压急剧降低。
e.g. Warm air is now being drawn in from another high pressure area over the North Sea.
暖气流正从北海上空的另一个高气压带移动过来。

3. （向某人施加的）压力
If there is pressure on a person, someone is trying to persuade or force them to do something.

e.g. He may have put pressure on her to agree...
他可能向她施加了压力，迫使她同意。
e.g. Its government is under pressure from the European Commission...
其政府承受着来自欧盟委员会的压力。

4. （工作等的）压力
If you are experiencing pressure, you feel that you must do a lot of tasks or make a lot of decisions in very little time, or that people expect a lot from you.

e.g. Can you work under pressure?...
你能在压力下工作吗？
e.g. Even if I had the talent to play tennis I couldn't stand the pressure...
即使我有打网球的天赋，我也无法承受这种压力。

5. 强迫；迫使；竭力劝说
If you pressure someone to do something, you try forcefully to persuade them to do it.

e.g. He will never pressure you to get married...
他永远不会强迫你结婚。
e.g. The Government should not be pressured into making hasty decisions...
政府不应该迫于压力仓促作出决定。

形容词精通的，熟练的

名词能手，老手，专家

1. 精通的；熟练的
If you are proficient in something, you can do it well.

e.g. A great number of Egyptians are proficient in foreign languages.
很多埃及人都精通外语。

名词促进，增进; 提升，升级; （商品等的）推广; 发扬

1. 晋升；升职；提升；擢升
If you are given promotion or a promotion in your job, you are given a more important job or rank in the organization that you work for.

e.g. Consider changing jobs or trying for promotion.
考虑换个工作或者争取升职。
e.g. ...rewarding outstanding employees with promotions to higher-paid posts.
将出色的员工提升到薪水更高的职位作为奖励

2. （尤指通过广告进行的）促销，推广，推销
A promotion is an attempt to make a product or event popular or successful, especially by advertising.

e.g. During 1984, Remington spent a lot of money on advertising and promotion...
1984年，雷明顿公司在广告和促销方面花费了大量的资金。
e.g. Ask about special promotions and weekend deals too.
也问一问特别促销和周末特价的情况。

形容词毕业了的; 标有刻度的; 分等级的; 分层次的

动词渐变( graduate的过去式和过去分词 ); 渐渐变为（与into连用）; 渐渐消逝（与away连用）; 取得资格（与as连用）

1. 递增的；递进的
Graduated means increasing by regular amounts or grades.

e.g. The US military wants to avoid the graduated escalation that marked the Vietnam War.
美国军方希望避免出现类似于越南战争那样逐步升级的态势。

2. （广口瓶等）标有刻度的
Graduated jars are marked with lines and numbers which show particular measurements.

e.g. ...a graduated tube marked in millimetres.
以毫米标注刻度的试管

名词持续; 坚持不懈; 执意; 留存，（萤光屏上余辉的）保留时间

1. 毅力；锲而不舍
If you have persistence, you continue to do something even though it is difficult or other people are against it.

e.g. Skill comes only with practice, patience and persistence...
只有不断练习，有耐心有毅力，才能学会一门技艺。
e.g. Chandra was determined to become a doctor and her persistence paid off.
钱德拉决心做一名医生，她的坚持不懈得到了回报。

2. （尤指不好事物的）持续存在，延续
The persistence of something, especially something bad, is the fact of its continuing to exist for a long time.

e.g. ...an expression of concern at the persistence of inflation and high interest rates.
对持续通货膨胀和高利率表现出的关注