high-pressure job
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- noun
- /haɪ ˈprɛʃər dʒɑb/
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trabajo de alta presión
- Many people find that balancing a high-pressure job and personal life can be quite challenging.
And I've really, really enjoyed what is a very difficult job, high pressure job, but I've enjoyed that to this point and I'm very thankful for for everyone for that.
- And I've really, really enjoyed what is a very difficult job, high pressure job, but I've enjoyed that to this point and I'm very thankful for for everyone for that.
Examples
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Well, your dad has a high-pressure job.
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Do spies have high-pressure jobs?
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He's got this, like, high-pressure job selling fucking ad banners to the Internet.
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What's a high-pressure job?
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And I've really, really enjoyed what is a very difficult job, high pressure job, but I've enjoyed that to this point and I'm very thankful for for everyone for that.
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Working in a high-pressure job often requires strong stress management skills.
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She decided to take a break from her high-pressure job to focus on her well-being.
Synonyms
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A difficult task that needs a lot of effort
Antonyms
How Stressful
Surface Forms
Morphology
high-pressure + job
The meaning 'a job that involves a lot of stress' is directly derivable from combining 'high' (large/intense) with 'pressure' (force; by extension stress) and 'job' (work position). This adjectival compound follows regular English composition and the pressure=stress metaphor is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will likely understand it.
Etymology
High-pressure job comes from the image of strong pressure pushing on you and high meaning very much. Because it feels like being squeezed and forced to act quickly, it means 'a job that has a lot of stress and hard demands'.