Reporters kept pressing for interviews so lawyers had to be employed to act as spokesmen for the family at press conferences.
由于记者纷纷要求会见，他们不得不请了律师充当他们家的发言人举行记者招待会。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 45 The power of the press

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

pressing ['prɛsɪŋ] 词根: press
adj. 紧迫的，紧急的;迫切的，急迫的;恳切的; n. 压，压制;模压制品;力主;唱片; v. 压，压迫(press的现在分词);
💡 press 表”压力,向……人施压”
"Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem."
许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题.
近义：ironing, treading, squeezing, immediate, imperative, imperious 反义：deferrable
press [prɛs] 词频1 词根: press
vt. 压，按;逼迫;紧抱; vi. 压;逼迫;重压; n. 强迫征兵;新闻报道，出版物;压榨;印刷机（厂）;
💡 press 表”压力,向……人施压”
"The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best."
迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计.
近义：squeeze, depress, pressure, coerce, lobby, prompt 反义：unhand
kept [[kept]] 词频1
keep的过去式和过去分词
近义：maintained
family ['fæməli] 词频1
n. 家庭;家族;孩子;祖先; adj. 家庭的;一家所有的;属于家庭的;适合全家人的;
💡 音“发米粒”： 家庭吃饭又叫“发米粒 father and mother I love you家庭就是爸爸妈妈我爱你
"These diamonds have been handed down in his family for generations."
这些钻石在他家已经传了好几代.
近义：kindred, kinfolk, kinsfolk, offspring, progeniture, progeny
reporters
n. 记者( reporter的复数形式 )

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense walk of ice which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.
“泰坦尼克”这个弯拐得及时，紧贴着高出海面100英尺的巨大的冰墙擦过去。
Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.
迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家，气呼呼地指责他偷了羔羊，
and he is very pound of the fact.
他甚至引以为自豪。
a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
一会儿，他突然从后追了上来，把笔塞到我手里。
he stooped to talk to a workman.After they had gone on,
途中，停下来与一个工人交谈，接着他们继续往前走去。
Taking a path which led out of the town, we crossed a few fields until we came to a dense wood.
我们走上了一条出镇的小路，穿过几块农田，来到一片茂密的树林。