tension
美 [ˈtenʃ(ə)n] 
英 ['tenʃ(ə)n]
- n.张力；拉伸；矛盾；紧张局势（或关系、状况）
- v.绷紧
- 网络拉力；压力；拉紧
词形变化
复数：tensions 反义词
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英汉双解
1. | [u][c][usupl] ~ (between A and B) 紧张局势（或关系、状况）a situation in which people do not trust each other, or feel unfriendly towards each other, and which may cause them to attack each other |
| There is mounting tension along the border. 边境局势日趋紧张。 |
| international/racial/political tensions 国际紧张局势；种族间的紧张关系；政治上的紧张状况 |
2. | [c][u] ~ (between A and B) 矛盾；对立a situation in which the fact that there are different needs or interests causes difficulties |
| There is often a tension between the aims of the company and the wishes of the employees. 公司的目标和雇员的愿望之间经常存在矛盾。 |
3. | [u] （情绪上的）紧张，烦躁a feeling of anxiety and stress that makes it impossible to relax |
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| We laughed and that helped ease the tension . 我们笑了，因而紧张的情绪得以缓和下来。 |
4. | [u] （作家或电影导演制造的）紧张气氛the feeling of fear and excitement that is created by a writer or a film/movie director |
| dramatic tension 扣人心弦的紧张气氛 |
| As the movie progresses the tension builds. 随着电影剧情的发展，气氛越来越紧张。 |
5. | [u] 拉伸；张力；拉紧状态；绷紧程度the state of being stretched tight; the extent to which sth is stretched tight |
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| Adjust the string tension of your tennis racket to suit your style of playing. 调节网球拍的网张力，以配合你的打法。 |
1. | ~ sth （使金属线、帆等）拉紧，绷紧to make a wire, sail, etc. tight and stretched |
英汉解释
n. | 1. 【物】张力,拉力,牵力;(弹性体的)应力;(蒸气等的)膨胀力,压力 |
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英英解释
例句
Since the two modes of thinking have their own insuperable limitations, a tension should be kept between them.
由于二者都具有自身难以克服的局限性，所以应使二者之间保持必要的张力。
You're trained to talk, talk, talk it out when there's tension in the air because you want a resolution.
在气氛紧张时，你被训练成说、说、说出来，因为你要一个解答。
The bottom half of the road experiences tension, meaning that it elongates like a spring pulled apart.
路的下端也受到张力，这意味着它像一个伸长的弹簧一样拉长。
Wettability depends on one specific property of the surface: Surface energy, often referred to as surface tension.
润湿性依赖于某一特定财产的表面：表面能量，通常称为表面张力。
Tension headaches can be stress-related or due to problems with the muscles in the neck and face, but there is often no obvious cause.
它们的诱发原因，可能和压力有关，也可能由颈部或脸部的肌肉出现问题引起，但原因往往不明显。
Superior survival, the inefficient ones made it out of the ever-changing face of the loss of things is often psychological tension.
优者生存，劣者淘汰使得人们面对不断变迁的事物时常出现不知所措的紧张心理。
America and China, too, could easily fall into a cycle of escalating tension that would be hard to break.
中美也很可能落入一个升级的紧张关系中无法自拔。
He says the civilians are trying to break the embargo to bring relief to people in Gaza and he hopes there will not be any tension.
他说，平民试图打破封锁，以减轻加沙人民，他希望不会再有任何的紧张局势。
In the beginning we thought that on the wrong car, and like clockwork, like the heart of the tension.
一开始我们以为上错车了，心像发条一样绷紧了。
The tension is always loop-shaped and cannot be separated from its return to the erogenous zone.
这个敏感的地带是个回旋的形状，无法跟它的的回转地带区隔开来。
The RTTS Safety Joint is held inoperative by a tension sleeve located on the bottom of the mandrel to help prevent premature release.
RTTS的安全接头通过位于芯轴底部的张力套保持原有状态来防止过早解封
For there is an unnerving tension at the core of "That Used to Be Us, " a discordant emotional counterpoint.
《那曾经是我们》（ThatUsedtoBeUs）一书的精要部分存在一种令人失去信心的矛盾，一种不一致的情感对位。
The main bag is only single stitched which over time will not be able to withstand the constant tension and weight of groceries.
主袋是单线缝合的，时间一长，这种购物袋将无法承受食品杂货的重量和张力。
Since the surface of a liquid acts like an elastic skin, the surface is in a state of tension.
因为液体的表面行动象有弹性皮肤，表面在紧张状态。
Just as well my personality is kind of outgoing and mischievous, so I could release and ease my tension and emotions in different ways. . .
还好我的个性一向来都较外向和有一点搞怪，所以会用不同方式发泄或纾解压力与情绪…
Anyone suggesting there was an ethnic basis to riots was "trying to instigate tension between different ethnic groups" .
任何人认为暴乱活动涉及民族因素，都是在“企图在不同民族之间挑起紧张”。
Slowing down your talking plus adding a small pause between thoughts or sentences creates a bit of tension and anticipation.
减慢你说话的速度，在观点或者句子之间加上稍微的停顿使之造成引人入胜的气氛和留给听众一些自我猜想的空间。
I am sometimes asked rather probing questions by giggly friends. "What about sexual tension? Isn't it a bit weird? "
有时朋友笑着问我比较尖锐的问题，“会不会有两性之间的吸引？是不是会感到有些奇怪？”
And ease the tension in the form of many, why not bring serious harm to the body of a factor to alleviate it?
而且缓解紧张情绪的形式很多，为什么非要拿一个严重危害身体的因素来缓解呢？
Do not use the equipment where tension lines are present. The distance from these must be at least of 5m.
不要在有高压线的地方使用此设备。与高压线的距离不能小于5米。
Wind and rain added to the tension among the children.
风雨令孩子更加烦躁。
There was a strange, dark tension about her husband.
丈夫流露出一种奇怪而忧郁的紧张神情。
The elongation of a body in tension above its no-load length is directly proportional to the stretching force.
物体在拉伸状态下，其伸长量（相对于无负荷时的长度）与拉伸力成正比。
The time will come when the tension between the Allies will become so great that the break will occur.
同盟国之间关系变得十分紧张，终于发生决裂的日子就要来到。
Nim's tension of a moment earlier dissolved.
尼姆方才感到的紧张一下子化为乌有了。
This statement eased the tension which existed, and I am glad today to read it over again.
这个声明缓和了当时存在的紧张情绪，我今天重温这篇演说，感到十分高兴。
In all he wrote there is a tension between the claims of progress and those of continuity and stability.
在他所有的著述中，主张进步和主张连续性和稳定性之间存在着对立。
Hatred and tension continue to fester in the war-torn city.
仇恨和紧张在这座饱受战乱的城市中滋长。
Faults can be ranged into two principal types which are caused by either tension or compression.
断层可分为两种主要类型，即张力断层和挤压断层。
The increase in racial tension constitutes a threat to our society.
种族间紧张状态的升级是对我们社会的一种威胁。
Racial tension finally boiled over in the inner city riots.
种族间的紧张状态最终演化成了市中心贫困区的暴乱。
The old detestable world of tension had passed away at last, his soul was strong and at ease.
从前那可憎的紧张状态最终已经过去了，他的灵魂坚定而自若。
"Shall we have some tea? " he asked, anxious to break the tension which was apparent on everyone's face.
“我们喝点茶，好吗？”他问道——急于驱散每个人脸上流露出来的紧张情绪。
Objective To evaluate emulsifiability of emulsifying agent by method of comparative isotherm of the surface(interfacial) tension.
目的采用表（界）面张力等温曲线比较法评价泊洛沙姆等乳化剂的乳化能力。
He worked with a woman quite a few years his senior and his manager, and there was, by his account, serious tension.
与他共事的一个女人比他大好几岁，还是他的经理。照他自己的说法，两人都绷着一根弦，相当紧张。
The labor stoppage, commonly known as the strike , is a natural result of tension between labor and management.
劳动停工，俗称罢工，是劳资之间紧张局势的必然结果。
But not too long; the longer he took, the greater the tension and expectation, and the better his answer had to be.
但时间并不长；他拖延的时间越长，紧张和期盼则越大，他的答复效果就会越好。
Tit for Tat Getting Out of Hand Shots fired across the DMZ at a time of such tension is a potential disaster waiting to happen.
针锋相对的紧张局势失控等燃煤手射门跨越时间在非军事区是一个潜在的灾难的发生。
a substance capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved.
能减少溶解它的液体的表面张力的物。
A bit of tension was added to the atmosphere when a person accepting an award for the Korean movie "Enlightenment Film" stepped on stage.
只不过韩片「启蒙电影」代领人，上台领奖时，讲了这句话，让现场气氛顿时凝结。
It was the sort of nightmare diplomatic scenario that has the potential to become increasingly common as tension hots up around the globe.
随着全球热点地区紧张局势升级，这种噩梦般的外交场面可能会变得越来越常见。
On the morning of the thirteenth, the atmosphere around the White House was alive with excitement as well as tension.
13日早晨，白宫周围的气氛活力十足，既兴奋又紧张。
I've never seen any sign of tension between them, and if it keeps going the way it's going, they'll be together for life.
我从来没有看到他们之间有过一丁点儿的紧张气氛，如果这样的情况保持下去，他们会白头偕老的。
The tension of waiting seems to be the fate of pathetique of contemporary Professional soldiers and military barracks.
在紧张中等待，似乎成了当代和平时期职业军人和整个军营的悲怆命运。
If you interrupt him with something else not relevant to the current conversation, you could create tension between the both of you.
如果你用不相干的事情打断了他，你就可能在你们彼此之间制造出紧张气氛。
A lot of heckling is the tension of trying to make sure that the comedian is going to be able to dominate, and overcome the heckler.
多次大声的质疑是一种，尝试去确定演员有能力控制观众，和克服质疑的张力。
Since the surface of the hole must be stress free , the stress in the vicinity of the hole must be modified from the uniaxial tension.
因为洞的表面自由地一定是压迫力，压迫力在邻近洞一定从单桥的紧张被修正。
It has a history, whereas America is still making history, animated by an eschatological tension toward the future.
当美国还被面向未来的末世紧张情绪促使着创造历史的时候，欧洲已经有了自己的历史。
The random vibration method is often used to measure the tension forces in the cables.
随机激励频率法是检测斜拉索张力的有效方法。
President Karzai also said he hopes to reduce years of tension with Pakistan.
卡尔扎伊总统还表示，他希望降低多年来和巴基斯坦之间的紧张关系。
I got it as a free sample and I would not pay 20 dollars for it due to the huge drop in tension.
我的这个线是免费得到的样品，由于掉磅的问题我不会花20多美元去买它。
In a movie, the catching plot is the tension when the hero is in a trap, not the release when he gets out of the mud.
看一场电影，最抓人的情节多在主人公身陷囹圄的紧张，而不在于走出泥泞的释然。
"I could feel the tension in the air - for a couple of seconds there was dead silence, and people broke into shouts and cries, " he said.
他说：“我能感觉到气氛十分紧张：开始几秒死一般的沉寂后，人们开始大声哭喊。”
