An older member of your family may have left you with a pressing situation.

家里年长的人可能把你留在紧迫的环境中。

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In such a situation, shame is a weapon: ‘The actual pressure must be made more pressing by adding to it consciousness of pressure, the shame must be made more shameful by publicising it.’

在这种情况下，羞耻就是一种武器：“真实的压力必须通过把压力的意识加诸其上而变得更有压力，必须通过公开羞耻来使羞耻变得更加羞耻。”

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The situation our large household electric enterprises face is pressing.

我国大型家电企业面临的形势不容乐观。

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However, some adoptive parents are pressing for more urgent action given the humanitarian situation in Haiti.

BBC: Orphaned Haitian children to be allowed into US

"We're pressing the Algerians for details on the exact situation and the numbers that have been killed and, if any, the numbers rescued, " he said, before adding that the deaths were "appalling and unacceptable".

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