及物/不及物动词拉紧，拉伤; 用力拉

名词血统，家族; 性格，脾气; 语气; 一段音乐

及物动词拉紧，拽紧或扯紧; 尽量使力; 扭伤; 歪曲

不及物动词不懈; 受到强大的压力; 拉紧，紧绷

1. 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.

e.g. The prison service is already under considerable strain...
监狱系统已经承受了巨大的压力。
e.g. 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。

2. 使不堪承受;使紧张
To strain something means to make it do more than it is able to do.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. (精神上的)压力，重负，紧张
Strain is a state of worry and tension caused by a difficult situation.

e.g. She was tired and under great strain.
她身心疲惫，压力很大。
e.g. ...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

4. 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.

e.g. 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。

5. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

6. (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.

e.g. Avoid muscle strain by warming up with slow jogging.
先慢跑热热身，免得拉伤肌肉。
e.g. ...a groin strain.
腹股沟拉伤

7. 扭伤，拉伤，损伤(肌肉)
If you strain a muscle, you injure it by using it too much or twisting it.

e.g. He strained his back during a practice session.
他在一次锻炼中扭伤了背部。

8. 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.

e.g. I had to strain to hear...
我不得不使劲去听。
e.g. 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。

9. 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.

e.g. Strain the stock and put it back into the pan.
滤出原汁，将它放回到平底锅中。

10. 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.

e.g. There was a strain of bitterness in his voice.
他的声音听起来有些愤愤不平。
e.g. ...this cynical strain in the book.
该书中这种愤世嫉俗的意味

11. (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.

e.g. Every year new strains of influenza develop.
每年都有新的流感病毒出现。
e.g. ...a particularly beautiful strain of Swiss pansies.
一种格外美丽的瑞士三色堇

12. 旋律;曲调
If you hear the strains of music, you hear music being played.

e.g. 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。

13. see also: eye strain;repetitive strain injury

名词房间; 寓所，住房; 公寓楼; （有特殊用途或专属某人的）豪华寓所

1. （通常指在同一楼层的）公寓套房
An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.

e.g. Christina has her own apartment, with her own car.
克里斯蒂娜有自己的公寓和汽车。
e.g. ...bleak cities of concrete apartment blocks.
到处是水泥公寓楼群的沉闷的城市

名词分给，分配; 任务，工作，（课外）作业; 美任命; 指定，委派

1. （布置的）作业;（分配的）任务
An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies.

e.g. The assessment for the course involves written assignments and practical tests.
这门功课的考核包括书面作业和实际操作考试。

2. （任务、工作的）分配，指派
You can refer to someone being given a particular task or job as their assignment to the task or job.

e.g. An Australian division scheduled for assignment to Greece was ordered to remain in Egypt.
原定去希腊执行任务的一支澳大利亚小分队接到命令后继续留在埃及。

名词水泥; 胶合剂; 胶接剂; 粘固粉

及物动词巩固; 粘牢; （用水泥、胶等）粘结; 在…上抹水泥

1. 水泥
Cement is a grey powder which is mixed with sand and water in order to make concrete.

e.g. ...a mixture of wet sand and cement.
湿沙子和水泥的混合料

2. 同 concrete
Cement is the same as concrete .

e.g. ...the hard cold cement floor.
又硬又冷的混凝土地面

3. 胶接剂;接合剂
Glue that is made for sticking particular substances together is sometimes called cement .

e.g. Stick the pieces on with tile cement.
用瓷砖胶把它们一块块贴上去。

4. 巩固;加强
Something that cements a relationship or agreement makes it stronger.

e.g. Nothing cements a friendship between countries so much as trade.
贸易最能增强国家间的友谊。

5. 起巩固作用的因素;加强剂；纽带
The cement of a relationship or agreement is something that makes it stronger and more long-lasting.

e.g. ...the power of the party, once the cement that held the Soviet Union together...
党的力量，曾经是保持苏联团结的黏合剂
e.g. In the old days, television was the cement of society.
过去，电视曾是团结社会的力量。

6. 把…黏合;使黏结
If things are cemented together, they are stuck or fastened together.

e.g. Most artificial joints are cemented into place.
多数人工关节是用骨水泥固定到位的。

形容词连续的; 延伸的; 绵; 联绵

1. 连续不断的;持续的;不中断的
A continuous process or event continues for a period of time without stopping.

e.g. Residents report that they heard continuous gunfire.
居民们报告说他们听到了连续不断的枪声。
e.g. ...all employees who had a record of five years' continuous employment with the firm...
所有在公司连续任职达5年的员工

形容词盛大的; 王国的，王室的; 高贵的，庄严的; 敕许的，敕定的

名词口王室成员; [航海]顶桅帆

1. 国王的;女王的;王室的;皇室的
Royal is used to indicate that something is connected with a king, queen, or emperor, or their family. A royal person is a king, queen, or emperor, or a member of their family.

e.g. ...an invitation to a royal garden party.
参加皇家游园会的邀请
e.g. ...the Japanese royal couple, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.
明仁天皇和美智子皇后这对日本皇室夫妇

2. （用于机构或组织名称）皇家的
Royal is used in the names of institutions or organizations that are officially appointed or supported by a member of a royal family.

e.g. ...the Royal Academy of Music.
皇家音乐学院
e.g. ...several pilots of the Royal Navy's 846 Squadron.
皇家海军846中队的几个领航员

3. 王室成员;皇族
Members of the royal family are sometimes referred to as royals .

e.g. The royals have always been patrons of charities pulling in large donations.
王室成员一向热心慈善事业，捐资数目巨大。

形容词高兴的; 欣喜的

动词使高兴; 使欣喜( delight的过去式和过去分词)

1. 高兴的;愉快的;快乐的
If you are delighted, you are extremely pleased and excited about something.

e.g. I know Frank will be delighted to see you...
我知道弗兰克见到你会很高兴的。
e.g. He said that he was delighted with the public response.
他说公众的反应让他欣喜。

名词商誉; 友好，亲善; 好感，青睐; （企业的）信誉，声誉

1. 友善；善意；亲善
Goodwill is a friendly or helpful attitude towards other people, countries, or organizations.

e.g. I invited them to dinner, a gesture of goodwill...
我请他们吃饭以示友善。
e.g. They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.
他们相信游客会自觉捡起垃圾。

2. 信誉；商誉
The goodwill of a business is something such as its good reputation, which increases the value of the business.

e.g. We do not want to lose the goodwill built up over 175 years.
我们不想让历经175年树立起来的良好信誉毁于一旦。

形容词（道德败坏的人或行为）极邪恶的，极可耻的

1. 十恶不赦的;令人发指的
If you describe something such as a crime as heinous, you mean that it is extremely evil or horrible.

e.g. Her life has been permanently blighted by his heinous crime...
他犯下的滔天罪行给她的生活蒙上了永久的阴影。
e.g. They are capable of the most heinous acts.
他们能做出最邪恶的事情。

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