strain
n. 压力,重负; 拉力,张力; 拉伤,扭伤; 个性特点; 品系,品种
v. 拉伤,损伤; 尽力; 使不堪承受,使紧张; 拉紧; 过滤
If strain is put on an organization or system, it has to do more than it is able to do.
The prison service is already under considerable strain...
监狱系统已经承受了巨大的压力。
The vast expansion in secondary education is putting an enormous strain on the system.
中等教育的大幅扩张正对该系统造成巨大压力。
To strain something means to make it do more than it is able to do.
The volume of scheduled flights is straining the air traffic control system...
定期航班的数量正让空中交通指挥系统不堪重负。
Resources will be further strained by new demands for housing.
资源将因新的住房需求而变得更紧张。
Strain is a state of worry and tension caused by a difficult situation.
She was tired and under great strain.
她身心疲惫,压力很大。
...the stresses and strains of a busy and demanding career.
忙碌而辛苦的工作带来的巨大压力
If you say that a situation is a strain, you mean that it makes you worried and tense.
I sometimes find it a strain to be responsible for the mortgage.
我有时觉得背负这笔抵押贷款很有压力。
Strain is a force that pushes, pulls, or stretches something in a way that may damage it.
Place your hands under your buttocks to take some of the strain off your back...
将手放在臀部下面,减轻背部的一些压力。
A build-up of strain on a section of the San Andreas Fault has been detected.
已经勘测到圣安德烈亚斯断层的其中一处所承受的拉力在增强。
Strain is an injury to a muscle in your body, caused by using the muscle too much or twisting it.
Avoid muscle strain by warming up with slow jogging.
先慢跑热热身,免得拉伤肌肉。
...a groin strain.
腹股沟拉伤
If you strain a muscle, you injure it by using it too much or twisting it.
He strained his back during a practice session.
他在一次锻炼中扭伤了背部。
If you strain to do something, you make a great effort to do it when it is difficult to do.
I had to strain to hear...
我不得不使劲去听。
Several thousand supporters strained to catch a glimpse of the new president...
几千名支持者翘首企盼能一睹新总统的风采。
When you strain food, you separate the liquid part of it from the solid parts.
Strain the stock and put it back into the pan.
滤出原汁,将它放回到平底锅中。
You can use strain to refer to a particular quality in someone's character, remarks, or work.
There was a strain of bitterness in his voice.
他的声音听起来有些愤愤不平。
...this cynical strain in the book.
该书中这种愤世嫉俗的意味
A strain of a germ, plant, or other organism is a particular type of it.
Every year new strains of influenza develop.
每年都有新的流感病毒出现。
...a particularly beautiful strain of Swiss pansies.
一种格外美丽的瑞士三色堇
If you hear the strains of music, you hear music being played.
She could hear the tinny strains of a chamber orchestra.
她能听见室内管弦乐队尖细的旋律。
1. (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
2. difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;
3. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;
4. (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress;
5. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
6. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;
7. a lineage or race of people
8. injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain
9. pervading note of an utterance;
10. an effortful attempt to attain a goal
11. an intense or violent exertion
12. the act of singing;
1. to exert much effort or energy;
2. test the limits of;
3. use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity;
4. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements;
5. make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
6. stretch or force to the limit;
7. remove by passing through a filter;
8. rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender;
9. alter the shape of (something) by stress;
strain, stress, pressure, tension
这些名词均有"压力,重压,紧张"之意。
at (full) strain
(古)全力以赴,竭尽全力
strain every nerve
strain at the leash
He has a strain of melancholy in him.
他有点忧郁.
Strain the fat off before you serve the soup.
在上汤前把里面的油滤掉.
By careful selecting and roguing the strain was evolved.
这个品种是经过小心的选择与淘汰才培育出来的.
After six weeks of uncertainty , the strain was beginning to take its toll.
6个星期的忐忑不安后, 压力开始产生影响了.
Strain the sauce and skim away any fat that rises to the surface.
把酱汁滤一下,然后撇去浮在上面的油脂.