straining
美 [streɪn] 
英 [streɪn]
- n.紧张；应变；尽力；血统
- v.扭伤；滤；尽力；拉
- 网络过滤；拉紧；变形
词形变化
第三人称单数：strains 现在分词：straining 过去式：strained 同义词
英汉解释
n. | 1. 血统,家世;族,种;【生】品系,系;菌株;变种,小种 |
v. | 1. 拉伤,用力过度而弄伤,使工作过度;使用过度而弄坏;扭伤 |
英英解释
例句
It is hard to avoid the impression that the author is straining to make a book out of a subject that does not really amount to one.
现在很难不对本书作者产生一种印象，即她只是在挖空心思地将一个无法成书的主题拼凑成一部著作。
There's no sense of straining to stay awake or to stave off sleep. I'm simply not sleepy.
并没有那种持续的竭力保持清醒，从而延缓睡觉的感觉，我根本就没有睡意。
ChiChi ran back and forth in front of his chair, straining at his leash as if to run down the beach.
吉吉在他的椅子前面来来回回地跑，奋力拉扯皮带，似乎想跑下海滩。
Ever hearkening to the sound of beauty, straining for the flash of its distant wings, he watches to follow, wearying his feet in travelling.
他总是倾听着美的声音，努力要捕捉它那在远方一闪而过的翅膀。他注视着，想追上去，奔走得累坏了双脚。
She seems to be straining to become what she thinks others expect her to be.
她似乎努力要变成他人期望她成为的人物。
Direct Data Connectivity -- Native drivers are easy to install, configure, and optimize without straining system resources.
直接的数据连接――本地的驱动能简单的安装，配置和优化，而不会使系统资源变得紧张。
On my way home from hunting, I found Mr. Smith and his children straining to get their car out the mud and went immediately to help them.
我在打猎归家途中，看到史密斯先生和他的孩子们正使劲把汽车推出烂泥地，就赶紧走过去帮助他们。
Nearly 40 years on, researchers around the world are still straining to see gravitational waves, so far without success.
直至今日近40年的时间里，全世界的研究者都围绕着发现重力场波动而进行着工作，但时至今日仍然没有进展。
She was not hungry at all, but weak, and her eyes were tired, straining at the one point where the eye-punch came down.
她一点也不饿，可是已经精疲力尽了。眼睛一直盯着打鞋孔的地方，也累得发酸。
One day, as she was straining with all her might to imagine her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: The bed moved!
有一天，因为她很紧张地想象她的腿可能再次移动，这时仿佛奇迹发生了：床为她而感动！床开始移动！！
and philosophical thought is the mind straining to understand itself and its place in the scheme of things.
用力是成长的惟一途径，而哲学思考就是心灵努力认识自己、认识自己在世间万物之中位置的活动。
I heard it approach the door and pass out without moving bolt or lock. It wandered away among the dismal corridors, straining the floors.
没有发出门锁和插销拨动时的声响，脚步声就已经穿门而出，在阴森森的走廊上来回徘徊。
Suddenly one dog was running towards me, straining at the leash. Behind of it, there was a knock-out girl.
突然一条狗朝我跑来，把皮带拉得紧紧的。
The variation of flow behavior and microstructure of metal materials during cyclic straining was described from the point of view of energy.
从能量的观点阐述了金属材料在循环变形过程中性能的变化及其微观机制。
The name di ute is one of many ises straining relation between Japan and South Korea.
围绕这一水域称呼的争议是使日本和韩国关系紧张的众多原因之一。
When he spoke of Christina Green, the murdered 9-year-old girl, he spoke as the father of a 9-year-old himself, his voice straining a bit.
当他的克里斯蒂娜绿色，杀害9岁的小女孩一边说，一边说话作为一个9岁的他自己的父亲，他的声音有点紧张。
With a cheek flushed by hope, and an eye straining with curiosity, her fingers grasped the handle of a drawer and drew it forth.
心里的希望使她脸上涨得通红，眼睛好奇地瞪得溜圆，手指抓住了一个抽屉的把柄，把它拉开了。
It's not super light--reading by it would be difficult and eye-straining--but certainly beautiful in an unearthly or subterranean way.
它不是很亮，在这种灯光下看书会觉很困难，眼睛也会疲劳，但的确很漂亮，不是吗？
At times, the museum seems to be straining to make its argument.
博物馆有时像是在竭力说明自己的观点。
Suddenly, Galen and Rose heard a commotion in the Wood. They stopped and peered in, straining to see through the fog.
突然，加仑和萝丝听到林中有骚乱的声音，他们停下来望过去，努力想透过迷雾看清楚。
Yes, a funny four years. And inside himself he is straining.
是啊，这四年过得有趣。心里却在顶牛儿。
He is straining under their pressure.
他是在他们的压力之下苦撑着。
Water is straining from the ceiling.
天花板上正在向下滴水。
"What are you doing in the war? " she asked, straining her rusty Russian to compose the sentence.
“你在战争中干什么？”她尽力用她荒疏了的俄语凑成一个句子。
The tendrils at the ends move with a life of their own, straining to be joined.
末端的卷须自己活动起来，拉紧着连在一起。
i leaned forward , straining to see through the barrier of light.
我向前探着身子，透过灯光的屏障极目张望。
The cause is not known, but chronic constipation and straining during bowel movements are the main suspects.
原因目前还不清楚，但慢性便秘和排便过度用力目前被认为是引起痔病的主要因素。
Did you know you'd be playing such a role that is so physically straining?
您从一开始就知道自己是要扮演这样一个体力损耗严重的角色吗？
If the loans sour, the central government may have to clear up the debt, straining central-government finances.
若贷款成为坏账，中央政府可能不得不清理这些债务，从而增加中央政府的财政压力。
with a spirit straining toward true self-esteem, the Negro must throw off the manacles of self-abnegation. . .
黑人必须一种竭尽全力自尊自重的精神，大胆抛弃自我克制的枷锁。
Yet now, confused and frightened at my approach, the wolf backed away, straining at the trap chain.
可这时，狼见我来了又是困惑又是恐惧，拖着捕捉夹的链子往后退。
And since the screen is not backlit but imitates real ink and paper, Kindle owners can read for hours without straining their eyes.
屏幕不是背光式的，但是模仿了真正的墨迹和纸张，Kindle的用户阅读几个小时眼睛也不会疲劳。
All these cuts add up, needless to say, for a federal budget already straining to the tune of trillion-dollar-plus annual deficits.
为了弥补上万亿美元的年度赤字，美国联邦预算已经捉襟见肘，而所有这些减免加在一起，不用说更令联邦预算雪上加霜。
Second, you'll feel an almost physical jolt of yearning, as though your heart is straining toward its destiny.
其次，你会感到几乎是一股有形的渴求，仿佛你的心朝着它的命运的方向拉伸。
"Yes, " the Russian answers, straining to pick up the suitcases, "but these batteries are still a little heavy. "
“是呀，”俄罗斯人答道，使劲拎起两个箱子，“可这些电池还是有点沉。”
The Moscow stock market fell further than any other in the world, straining companies that borrowed heavily overseas.
莫斯科的股票市场比其他国家的股市下降得更厉害，拖累了其海外负债累累的借贷公司。
With economic models straining in every corner of the world, none of us can afford to perpetuate the barriers facing women in the workforce.
在世界各地各种经济模式都已疲竭的情况下，我们谁都承担不起让劳动大军中的妇女长此以往面临重重障碍的后果。
THE reindeer are straining at the harness, the sledge is packed and snow is falling softly all over central and eastern Europe.
束紧驯鹿身上的挽绳，将礼物装上雪橇车，中欧和东欧大地一片银装素裹。
and yet the mistress inside me is (secretly) straining her ears.
但是我心底的女主人正（秘密地）拉紧她的耳朵
It's straining a point to call Joe a hero just Because he saved the kitten from drowning in the bath tub.
仅仅因为乔抢救了在浴缸中溺水的猫就称他为英雄，这是夸大其辞。
A siren screams in the distance, calling to me. I feel like Ulysses straining against the ropes, but they hold fast.
远处警笛呼啸，像是海妖的召唤。而我像尤利西斯一样被绳索紧紧缚住。
It has when all the senses are acting together in harmony so that there is no straining, no emotional or sensory demands of desire.
当所有的感官一起和谐运作，因而不存在紧张、情绪或对欲望的要求时，就会有这种智慧。
With straining eagerness Catherine gazed towards the entrance of her chamber.
凯瑟琳带着紧张的热切神情，盯着她卧房的门口。
Yet the economy is now straining, and often failing, to keep up with the ambitious growth targets set by Vietnam's Communist bosses.
然而，如今的越南经济却要吃力地去追赶越共领导的宏伟经济目标，并且常以失败结局。
