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Chinese dictionary
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v.press; squeeze; mechanical expression; extract (juice, etc.) by pressure
用甘蔗制糖,一般有压榨和煎熬两个步骤。
Refining sugar generally calls for two steps, first, squeezing sugar canes to obtain the juice, and second, boiling the juice to condense it.
我们压榨葡萄来酿酒。
We press grapes to make wine.
把葡萄压榨成酱。
Squash the grapes into a pulp.
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v.metableed white; fleece; oppress and exploit; plunder; expropriate
高利贷者会压榨穷人。
The usurer squeezed the poor people.
物主靠压榨农民而赢得暴利。
The owner is making huge profits at the expense of downtrodden peasants.
资本家倾向于压榨工人。
The capitalists tend to exploit the working people.