strain
/streɪn/
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n./v. 壓力；負擔；拉傷
- Crowds of holiday visitors put a heavy strain on the town's small water supply. 大批的假期遊客對小鎮有限的供水造成沉重負擔。
其他意思
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n. 壓力, 緊張, 扭傷, 品系
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
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v. 拉緊, 使勞累, 過濾
盡力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
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string, strict, strain, straint 拉緊
strain拉緊