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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- strain on the tenter-hooks
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1.
歪曲，曲解（事实、真理、词义等）
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2.
违背（良心）
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3.
滥用（权力），越出（权限）
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4.
使（才能）受到严重考验
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5.
使（才能）受到严重考验
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6.
使（才能）受到严重考验
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1.
歪曲，曲解（事实、真理、词义等）
Examples
- crack under a strain
- 健康因极度紧张而垮下来 → crack
- to strain every nerve
- 竭尽全力 → strain
- to strain a rule to one's own advantage
- 为了自己的利益滥用某一规则 → strain
- heart strain
- 心肌劳损 → strain
- under a strain
- 在极度疲劳的情况下 → under
- to be under great strain
- [person+] 处于极度紧张之中 → strain
- to put a strain on sth/sb
- 给某事/某人增加负担 → strain
- a noble strain of horses → noble
- The family agreed on announcing the death of the singer on TV.
- 歌手的家人同意在电视上宣布歌手去世的消息。 → announce
- He is stronger on rhetoric than on concrete action.
- 他很擅长花言巧语，却没有实际行动。
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