词组 | strain |
释义 | strain /streɪn/ noun 1. pressure or worry caused by having to deal with a difficult situationadjectivesgreat/considerable/severe strain He has been under great strain at work recently.a terrible strain The weeks following the accident were a terrible strain for the family.an intolerable strain (=too great to bear) The cost of the war put an intolerable strain on the economy.emotional strain She has been suffering from considerable emotional strain.financial strain The government wants to ease the financial strain on families with young children.undue strain (=too much strain) We cannot start any new projects that might put undue strain on the company’s finances.verbsease/relieve/lessen the strain (=make it less) The company are taking on more staff to help to ease the strain.stand/take the strain (=continue in spite of it) I don’t know if I can stand the strain of another divorce.cope with/deal with the strain Staying fit helps her cope with the strain of her husband’s illness.feel the strain (=start to find a situation very difficult to deal with) The school is short of teachers, and everyone is feeling the strain.phrasesbe under (a) strain Doctors are under considerable strain.put/place (a) strain on sb/sth Living so far apart put quite a strain on our marriage.collapse under the strain (=become unable to continue normally because of the strain) If more prisons are not built soon, the system might collapse under the strain.stresses and strains Holidays help people to cope with the stresses and strains of life.signs of strain She is getting very little sleep and she is starting to show signs of strain.2. a particular type of a diseaseadjectivesa deadly strain (=one that can kill people) He has the most deadly strain of the diseasea virulent strain (=that affects people very quickly) It was a particularly virulent strain of flu and it killed thousands of people.a resistant strain (=not able to be treated by drugs) These medicines would not be effective against the more resistant strains.nouns + straina flu strain I had an injection against the latest flu strain.prepositionsa strain of sth Scientists claim to have identified a new strain of the disease. |
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