| instigation | n; at / so’s ~, the ~ of so. /, atas desakan sso: he stated that he had done so at the ~ of his class-mates, dia mengatakan bahawa dia berbuat demikian atas desakan rakan sedarjahnya; at our ~ they agreed to sink their differences, atas desakan kami mereka bersetuju utk melupakan perselisihan antara mereka. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| demand | n 1. peremptory request, desakan; (for what one believes to be o’s rights) tuntutan: a child’s ~ for attention, desakan seorang anak utk mendapat perhatian; all ~s for payment of the bill were ignored, semua tuntutan bayaran tdk dipedulikan; the union’s ~s are quite reasonable, tuntutan-tuntutan kesatuan itu agak wajar; 2. urgent, pressing claim, tuntutan, desakan: the ~s on o’s time, tuntutan thdp masa sso; 3. (econ) permintaan: supply and ~, penawaran dan permintaan; the ~ for skilled labour, permintaan utk pekerja-pekerja mahir; ~ curve, keluk permintaan; ~ price, harga permintaan; ~ schedule, jadual permintaan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pressure | 3. compelling force or influence, tekanan, desakan: the ~ of public opinion forced the government to modify the act, tekanan dr orang ramai memaksa kerajaan utk meminda akta itu; bring ~ to bear, mendesak ... supaya membuat sst: the council brought ~ to bear on errant shopkeepers, majlis tempatan mendesak pekedai-pekedai yg bersalah supaya mematuhi peraturan; 4. condition of stress or strain, tekanan, beban: during his youth he had known the ~ of poverty, semasa usianya masih muda, dia sudah mengenal tekanan kemiskinan; the ~ of business prevented him from leaving, tekanan perniagaan menghalangnya pergi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| impelling | adj mendorong: an ~ urge to tell so. the truth, desakan yg mendorong utk memberitahukan perkara sebenar pd sso. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| jostling | adj berasak-asak, mengasak-asak, bersesak-sesak, menyesak-nyesak, mendesak-desak, berdesak-desakan, bertolak-tolakan: the ~ crowd, orang ramai yg bertolak-tolakan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| jostle | vi berasak-asak, mengasak-asak, bersesak-sesak, menyesak-nyesak, mendesak-desak, berdesak-desakan, bertolak-tolakan: people were jostling and pushing, orang ramai berasak-asak dan bertolak-tolakan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| surge | b. upsurge of emotion or feeling, meluap: a sudden ~ of anger rendered him speechless, desakan kemarahan yg meluap dgn mendadak membuatnya terdiam; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| moving | the ~ /spirit, force/, tenaga penggerak: he was one of the ~ spirits behind the clamour for reform, dia merupakan salah seorang drpd tenaga penggerak di balik desakan utk pembaharuan itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| insistence | n act of, a. (declaring, maintaining firmly) berkeras mengatakan, menegaskan: despite his constant ~ that he was innocent..., walaupun dia tdk henti-henti menegaskan bahawa dia tdk bersalah...; b. (demanding that st must be done) pendesakan, desakan: in the face of such ~, what could we do but comply?, apabila menghadapi desakan spt itu, kami tdk ada pilihan lain kecuali mengikut sahaja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| importunity | n 1. quality of being importunate, tdk henti-henti mendesak; (of beggar) tdk henti-henti meminta: he grew tired of the saleman’s ~, dia naik bosan dgn jurujual yg tdk henti-henti mendesak; 2. instance of being importunate, desakan: he finally gave in to his wife’s importunities, akhirnya dia mengalah pd desakan isterinya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |