strain是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes causing damage -- 壓力；拉力，張力；作用力

  • The hurricane put such a strain on the bridge that it collapsed. 在颶風強大的威力之下，橋塌了。

  • As you get older, excess weight puts a lot of strain on the heart. 隨著年齡的增長，體重過重會給心臟造成很大負擔。

  • Their constant arguments were putting a strain on their marriage. 他們持續不斷的爭吵使他們的婚姻關係非常緊張。

  • The recent decline in the dollar has put a bigger strain on the economic system. 最近美元的貶值為經濟體系帶來更大壓力。

  • Migration into the cities is putting a strain on already stretched resources. 城市新移民為原本就已吃緊的資源造成更大壓力。

  • a groin/hamstring strain 腹股溝／膕腱拉傷

  • She's a lot better than she was but she's still not ready to face the stresses and strains of a job. 她比以前好多了，但仍然沒有準備好面對工作的緊張和壓力。

  • He's been under a lot of strain recently. 他最近壓力很大。

• 1 a particular type or quality -- 類型；品質；個性特點，稟性

  • A strain of puritanism runs through all her work. 她所有作品都帶有一種清教主義色彩。

  • Scientists have discovered a new strain of the virus which is much more dangerous. 科學家已經發現了一種危險得多的新病毒。

• 2 the sound of music being played or performed -- 旋律；曲調

  • I could hear the strains of Mozart in the background. 我聽見背景音樂中有莫札特的旋律。

• 3 to separate liquid food from solid food, especially by pouring it through a utensil with small holes in it -- 濾，過濾（食物）

  • Could you strain the vegetables, please. 你能把蔬菜篩一篩嗎？

  • The oil in which the fish is fried is strained off and used to cook potatoes. 煎魚的油在過濾之後用來炸土豆了。

• 4 to become stretched or to experience pressure, or to make something do or experience this -- （使）緊張，（使）承受壓力；拉緊，繃緊；損傷

  • I've put on such a lot of weight recently - this dress is straining at the seams. 我最近胖了很多——這條裙子穿上後緊繃繃的。

  • I strained a muscle in my back playing squash. 我打壁球拉傷了背肌。

  • Don't watch TV in the dark - you'll strain your eyes! 不要在黑暗中看電視——會傷害你的眼睛！

  • [ + to infinitive ] figurative I really had to strain (= try very hard) to reach those top notes. 我確實得拼盡全力才能唱出那些最高的音。

  • figurative I was straining (my ears) (= listening hard) to hear what they were saying. 我豎起耳朵，拼命想聽清他們在說甚麼。

• 5 to cause too much of something to be used, especially money -- （尤指金錢）過多使用

  • Increases in wholesale oil prices have strained the company's finances. 油料批發價的上漲讓公司財務支出過多。