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N-VAR
壓力;負擔;重負
If strain is put on an organization or system, it has to do more than it is able to do.
例句
The prison service is already under considerable strain...
監獄系統已經承受了巨大的壓力。
The vast expansion in secondary education is putting an enormous strain on the system.
中等教育的大幅擴張正對該系統造成巨大壓力。
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VERB
使不堪承受;使緊張
To strain something means to make it do more than it is able to do.
例句
The volume of scheduled flights is straining the air traffic control system...
定期航班的數量正讓空中交通指揮系統不堪重負。
Resources will be further strained by new demands for housing.
資源將因新的住房需求而變得更緊張。
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N-UNCOUNT
(精神上的)壓力，重負，緊張
Strain is a state of worry and tension caused by a difficult situation.
例句
She was tired and under great strain.
她身心疲憊，壓力很大。
...the stresses and strains of a busy and demanding career.
忙碌而辛苦的工作帶來的巨大壓力
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N-SING
帶來壓力的情況;造成緊張的因素
If you say that a situation is a strain, you mean that it makes you worried and tense.
例句
I sometimes find it a strain to be responsible for the mortgage.
我有時覺得背負這筆抵押貸款很有壓力。
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N-UNCOUNT
應力;張力;拉力;作用力;壓力
Strain is a force that pushes, pulls, or stretches something in a way that may damage it.
例句
Place your hands under your buttocks to take some of the strain off your back...
將手放在臀部下面，減輕背部的一些壓力。
A build-up of strain on a section of the San Andreas Fault has been detected.
已經勘測到圣安德烈亞斯斷層的其中一處所承受的拉力在增強。
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N-VAR
(肌肉的)扭傷，拉傷，勞損
Strain is an injury to a muscle in your body, caused by using the muscle too much or twisting it.
例句
Avoid muscle strain by warming up with slow jogging.
先慢跑熱熱身，免得拉傷肌肉。
...a groin strain.
腹股溝拉傷
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VERB
扭傷，拉傷，損傷(肌肉)
If you strain a muscle, you injure it by using it too much or twisting it.
例句
He strained his back during a practice session.
他在一次鍛煉中扭傷了背部。
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VERB
努力做;竭力做;費力做事
If you strain to do something, you make a great effort to do it when it is difficult to do.
例句
I had to strain to hear...
我不得不使勁去聽。
Several thousand supporters strained to catch a glimpse of the new president...
幾千名支持者翹首企盼能一睹新總統的風采。
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VERB
過濾;濾掉(食物中)的液體
When you strain food, you separate the liquid part of it from the solid parts.
例句
Strain the stock and put it back into the pan.
濾出原汁，將它放回到平底鍋中。
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N-SING
氣質;特性;風格;作風
You can use strain to refer to a particular quality in someone's character, remarks, or work.
例句
There was a strain of bitterness in his voice.
他的聲音聽起來有些憤憤不平。
...this cynical strain in the book.
該書中這種憤世嫉俗的意味
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N-COUNT
(病菌的)類型;(植物或其他有機物的)系，品系，品種
A strain of a germ, plant, or other organism is a particular type of it.
例句
Every year new strains of influenza develop.
每年都有新的流感病毒出現。
...a particularly beautiful strain of Swiss pansies.
一種格外美麗的瑞士三色堇
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N-PLURAL
旋律;曲調
If you hear the strains of music, you hear music being played.
例句
She could hear the tinny strains of a chamber orchestra.
她能聽見室內管弦樂隊尖細的旋律。