0 a feeling of nervousness before an important or difficult event:
1 The tension of a wire or rope is the degree to which it is stretched.
The tension was unbearable as we waited for our exam results.
The tension in the office just dissolves when she walks out.
After the arrival of the United Nations soldiers, tension in the area began to ease.
Many social workers are in the front line of racial tension.
The strong police presence only heightened the tension among the crowd.
The surface stresses (tensions) are functions of the local extension ratios, which depend on the global deformation of the membrane.
Both reflect an early twentieth-century tension between theories of knowledge and theories of vision.
It involves holding differences in tension and allowing multiple and differing perspectives to co-exist.
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感受, (精神上的)緊張,焦慮,焦急, (互不信任的人群之間的)緊張關係…
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感受, (精神上的)紧张,焦虑,焦急, (互不信任的人群之间的)紧张关系…
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tensión, tensión [feminine, singular]…
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tensão…
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(人間関係、国家間の)緊張, 緊迫した空気, 緊張…
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gerginlik, gerilim, tansiyon…
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tension [feminine], suspense [masculine], tension…
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tensió…
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