āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
press for
/pÉšËÉs fÉË/
to press for
[phrase form: press]
01
āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to strongly demand something, often from someone in authority
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The public pressed for more transparency from the government.
āĻāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§.
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to be in urgent need of something, often time or money
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
With the deadline approaching, the team was pressed for time to finish the project.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
