strain是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 拉紧, 紧张, 拉力; 劳累, 过分疲劳; vt. /vi. 尽量利用; 拉紧; 扭伤; 过，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- My limbs stiffened under the strain of violent cramp.
-- But the Nautilus, working its screw, carried them here and there, or to the upper levels of the ocean, without caring for their enormous weight, nor the powerful strain on the vessel.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mostly her heart was closed in this hidden, unconscious strain of contemptuous ridicule.
-- Any presence but that of the nurses was a strain and an effort to him now.
-- She wanted it to be over, it was a great nervous strain on her.
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