tension/pressure/strain/stress.导航词义：紧张，压力

1. tension:n. 紧张，紧张状态；绷紧.主要指精神、心理上的紧张，也指人与人或国与国之间的紧张关系，或某物被过度拉伸的程度或状态。

You can do some exercises to relieve tension.

你可以通过做运动来减压。

The talk lessened the tension greatly.

这次会谈大大缓和了紧张局面。

Tension developed between the students and faculty.

学生和教职员工之间的关系逐渐紧张起来。

Headaches may be caused by tension in the neck muscles.

头痛可能是由颈部肌肉紧张导致的。

2. pressure:n. 压力.多指由气体或液体产生的压力，或某事物所产生的压力或影响力，包括工作或生活中的压力。

The tyre is too hard; reduce the pressure a bit.

这轮胎太硬，要减少一点压力。

Her health collapsed under the pressure of work.

她的身体被工作压力压垮了。

We must bring more pressure to bear on him.

我们应对他施加更大的压力。

She was able to cope well with the pressures of life.

她能妥善应付生活压力。

3. strain:n. 压力；紧张.指物体所承受的张力或拉力，也指因外界压力而造成的身心和情绪等方面的焦虑或压抑。

This post takes the strain of the whole structure.

这根柱子承受了整个结构的压力。

She's under a lot of strain at the moment because her child's ill.

她现在心情紧张，因为她的小孩病了。

Too much work put a severe strain on employees.

工作量过大使雇员产生很严重的焦虑情绪。

4. stress:n. 压力.指施加于物体、能使其损坏或变形的压力或应力；也指精神压力或心理负担，侧重于一种长期的忧虑。

Shoes with high heels put great stress on ankles.

高跟鞋会对脚踝产生很大的压力。

Susan was completely weighed down by the stress of examinations.

苏珊被考试的压力压垮了。

The stress from the new job caused him to suffer from gastric ulcers.

新工作的压力使他患上了胃溃疡。

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1·Can you work under pressure?

你能在压力下工作吗？《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·The pressure now was relentless.

压力现在毫无减弱之意。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·He didn't put any pressure on her.

他并没有给她施加任何压力。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·He's good at dealing with pressure.

他善于应付压力。《牛津词典》

5·I admire her coolness under pressure.

我佩服她在压力下能保持冷静。《牛津词典》

6·The team performs well under pressure.

这个队在压力下表现良好。《牛津词典》

7·You only need to apply light pressure.

你只要轻轻地一压就行了。《牛津词典》

8·Smoking often elevates blood pressure.

抽烟常常使血压升高。《牛津词典》

9·We admired his calmness under pressure.

我们佩服他在压力下的镇静。《牛津词典》

10·She finally flipped under the pressure.

她在这种压力下终于发疯了。《牛津词典》

压力

1·The pressure now was relentless.

压力现在毫无减弱之意。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·He's good at dealing with pressure.

他善于应付压力。《牛津词典》

3·Can you work under pressure?

你能在压力下工作吗？《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·He didn't put any pressure on her.

他并没有给她施加任何压力。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·I admire her coolness under pressure.

我佩服她在压力下能保持冷静。《牛津词典》

压强

1·Didn't we talk before about how the deeper down into the ocean you go, the greater the pressure?

我们之前不是讲过，越到海洋的深处，压强就越大吗？

2·You know how pressure changes with temperature at constant volume if you know the equation of state.

如果你知道状态方程，知道在体积恒定的时压强如何随着温度变化。

3·So that's for the pure liquid at that temperature and pressure.

那是对于在这样的,温度和压强下的纯液体。

4·Which means that if you know the temperature and pressure, then you still know everything. At the coexistence point.

这意味着如果你确定了温度和压强的话，你就能确定在共存点的所有性质。

5·And this reference pressure, we took as one bar.

这个参考压强，我们一般选作一巴。

施压

1·Local pressure groups forced a referendum over whether to spend the money on light rail instead.

当地的一些施压群众强烈要求通过公民投票决定是否应该把钱投入到修建一条轻轨上。

2·But one thing God will never do is pressure you or guilt you into giving.

但上帝唯一不会做的就是对你施压或者让你为你的给予感到内疚。

3·I personally hate it when guys pressure me into settling down with them and becoming their girlfriend.

我个人很讨厌男孩子们给我施压，希望和他们保持稳定的关系成为他们的女朋友。

4·But she acknowledges that some public pressure is essential, and applauds the role played by the media and charities in shining the light on previously obscure places.

不过，她承认，一些公开的施压是必要的，她并赞赏媒体和慈善组织在“照亮”那些先前不够显眼的地区方面所发挥的作用。

5·Company officials say they do not want to pressure engineers and pilots into meeting a deadline.

公司管理层称他们不想设置最后期限来向工程师和飞行员施压。

压迫

1·It's the same in the sense that it's pressure on the nerve.

腕管综合症是压迫神经引起的，在这个意义上他们是相同的。

2·The pressure on the nerve from the tumor may cause hearing loss and imbalance.

该肿瘤对该神经的压迫可导致听觉丧失和平衡能力减弱。

3·Stop any bleeding injury by applying direct pressure to the wound.

如有流血的外伤，立即直接压迫伤处止血。

4·This isn’t an easy thing, to find that pressure point, that spot that will cause everything else to change.

找到那个压迫点并不容易，这个点将引起其它事情的改变。

5·The infection spread and caused tremendous pressure in his skull.

后来感染蔓延并且给他的脑内组织造成了巨大的压迫。

迫使

1·The January data will increase the pressure on the Senate to pass a jobs bill.

一月数据显示将对参议院施压，迫使通过一项工作法案。

2·Don't pressure your child or other family members to make new relationships work right away.

不要迫使你的孩子或其它家庭成员马上适应新的家庭关系。

3·They said they feared Syria would feel greater pressure to retaliate against Israel for the bombing if U.S. intelligence about the facility had been made public.

他们说，他们担心，如果美国把他们掌握的这一设施的情报公开，会更加迫使叙利亚对以色列的轰炸进行报复。

4·Additionally, more and more data is being marked-up using XML; this puts pressure on database companies to add XML storage, persistence, and query capabilities to their products.

何况越来越多的数据正使用XML标记，这就迫使数据库公司在产品中增加XML存储、持久性和查询的能力。

5·Now a recent court ruling has put companies under pressure to change their ways.

最近的一个案例将迫使公司们改变他们的方式。

打压

1·If not initially British pressure, today the world would not have the United States of America.

如果最初没有英国的打压，今天世界上就不会有美利坚合众国。

2·For a long time, some of China's Internet aficionados turned a blind eye, turn a deaf ear to slander, rejection, and even a variety of pressure.

长期以来，我国某些因特网的狂热追随者故意视而不见、充耳不闻，甚至百般污蔑、排斥、打压。

3·Gas or liquid pressure medium can be introduced into the use process, which is suitable for various kinds of heat exchangers with different media types.

使用过程中可以分别引入气态或液态打压介质，适用于不同介质类型的各种换热器。

4·Exquisite workmanship, creating extraordinary. Not a product has been 2 times the pressure test.

技艺精湛，造就非凡。每一个产品都经过2次打压试验。

(1)under pressure面临压力，在压力之下；受到压力

(1)high pressure高压，高气压；高度紧张

(1)blood pressuren. 血压

(1)low pressure低气压；松懈

(1)pressure drop压力下降，压强下降

(1)hydraulic pressure[机]液压；水压