| 单词 | strain |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[streɪn] 美[stren] |
| 解释 | vt.& vi.拉紧,拉伤;用力拉;n.血统,家族;性格,脾气;语气;一段音乐;vt.拉紧,拽紧或扯紧;尽量使力;扭伤;歪曲;vi.不懈;受到强大的压力;拉紧,紧绷; |
| 例句 | N-VAR 压力;负担;重负 If strain is put on an organization or system, it has to do more than it is able to do. 例:The prison service is already under considerable strain...监狱系统已经承受了巨大的压力。 例: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。 VERB 使不堪承受;使紧张 To strain something means to make it do more than it is able to do. 例: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。 例: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。 N-UNCOUNT (精神上的)压力,重负,紧张 Strain is a state of worry and tension caused by a difficult situation. 例:She was tired and under great strain.她身心疲惫,压力很大。 例:...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 N-SING 带来压力的情况;造成紧张的因素 If you say that a situation is a strain, you mean that it makes you worried and tense. 例: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。 N-UNCOUNT 应力;张力;拉力;作用力;压力 Strain is a force that pushes, pulls, or stretches something in a way that may damage it. 例: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。 例: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。 N-VAR (肌肉的)扭伤,拉伤,劳损 Strain is an injury to a muscle in your body, caused by using the muscle too much or twisting it. 例:Avoid muscle strain by warming up with slow jogging.先慢跑热热身,免得拉伤肌肉。 例:...a groin strain.腹股沟拉伤 VERB 扭伤,拉伤,损伤(肌肉) If you strain a muscle, you injure it by using it too much or twisting it. 例:He strained his back during a practice session.他在一次锻炼中扭伤了背部。 VERB 努力做;竭力做;费力做事 If you strain to do something, you make a great effort to do it when it is difficult to do. 例:I had to strain to hear...我不得不使劲去听。 例: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。 VERB 过滤;滤掉(食物中)的液体 When you strain food, you separate the liquid part of it from the solid parts. 例:Strain the stock and put it back into the pan.滤出原汁,将它放回到平底锅中。 N-SING 气质;特性;风格;作风 You can use strain to refer to a particular quality in someone's character, remarks, or work. 例:There was a strain of bitterness in his voice.他的声音听起来有些愤愤不平。 例:...this cynical strain in the book.该书中这种愤世嫉俗的意味 N-COUNT (病菌的)类型;(植物或其他有机物的)系,品系,品种 A strain of a germ, plant, or other organism is a particular type of it. 例:Every year new strains of influenza develop.每年都有新的流感病毒出现。 例:...a particularly beautiful strain of Swiss pansies.一种格外美丽的瑞士三色堇 N-PLURAL 旋律;曲调 If you hear the strains of music, you hear music being played. 例: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。 |
| 变形 | third:strains~done:strained~pl:strains~ing:straining~past:strained~ |
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