pressure cooker

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Cooking time: 40 minutes in a pressure cooker; 2 hours in an ordinary pot.
時(shí)間：高壓鍋40分鐘；普通鍋2小時(shí)。口水要出來了有木有！
Kyoto, they point out, was saved from collapse at the eleventh hour, while the Bali talks in 2007 were rescued when US opposition wilted in the pressure cooker of the conference chamber.
他們指出，京都在最后一刻才免于崩潰，2007年巴厘島態(tài)度強(qiáng)硬的美國最終在會(huì)議大廳的“高壓鍋”里妥協(xié)。
In the pressure cooker of running a small business, spouses often discover differences they didn't know they had.
在經(jīng)營小企業(yè)的壓力之下，共同創(chuàng)業(yè)的夫妻經(jīng)常會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)以前不知道的彼此之間的差異。

Once it broke those levels, we will just call it almost like a pressure cooker.
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(PAN) a cooking pan with a tightly fitting lid that allows food to cook quickly in steam under pressure
(SITUATION) a situation in which people are under a lot of pressure

A pressure cooker is a large metal container with a lid that fits tightly, in which you can cook food quickly using steam at high pressure.