廚房裡的那個鍋子
字面的一層：蓋子鎖住蒸氣，壓力變成工具。
noun · B1
A cooking pot with a lid that locks on tightly, so that hot steam builds up inside and cooks the food much faster than an ordinary open pot.
壓力鍋、快鍋
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: a lid locked down over rising steam. Heat keeps going in and nothing can get out, so the pressure inside climbs far above the pressure of the room. That is exactly what makes the pot useful in a kitchen, and exactly what makes it as a picture of a place to work or study. Both meanings ask the same two questions: how much is building up in there, and where can it go?
可以想成一個蓋子被鎖死在滾燙的蒸氣上。熱一直進去，卻什麼都出不來，裡面的壓力就越爬越高，遠遠超過外面。這正是它在廚房…更多收起
可以想成一個蓋子被鎖死在滾燙的蒸氣上。熱一直進去，卻什麼都出不來，裡面的壓力就越爬越高，遠遠超過外面。這正是它在廚房裡好用的原因，也正是拿它比喻一個工作或教室時聽起來可怕的原因。這個字的兩個意思，問的都是同樣兩句話：裡面累積了多少？還有，這些東西能往哪裡去？Two branches
人待在裡面的那個處境
把同一個鍋子扣在一間辦公室、一間教室或一份工作上，鍋裡裝的就換成人的情緒。
noun · B2
A job, place or situation that puts so much pressure on people that feelings build up with no way out, and may suddenly burst.
高壓的處境、壓力鍋般的環境