strained

strained

英 [streɪnd]
　　美 [strend]

adj. 緊張的；勉強的；牽強附會的；濾過的
　　v. 使緊張（動詞strain的過去式和過去分詞）

中文詞源：

strained 緊張的，神色不寧的

strain,壓力，受壓，-ed,形容詞後綴。

例句：

1. The middle button of his uniform jacket was strained over his belly.
制服上裝中間的紐扣在他的肚子上繃得緊緊的。

2. Smiling for the cameras, the two men strained to make small- talk.
兩名男士微笑著面對鏡頭，東拉西扯著。

3. Several thousand supporters strained to catch a glimpse of the new president.
幾千名支持者翹首企盼能一睹新總統的風采。

4. Gil sensed something wrong from her father's strained voice.
吉爾從父親緊張的聲音中感覺到出瞭什麼事瞭。

5. Little by little she lost the taut, strained air of perpetual anxiety.
長期焦慮帶來的緊張而疲憊的神色從她臉上慢慢消失瞭。