strain,压力，受压，-ed,形容词后缀。

1. The middle button of his uniform jacket was strained over his belly.

制服上装中间的纽扣在他的肚子上绷得紧紧的。

2. Smiling for the cameras, the two men strained to make small- talk.

两名男士微笑着面对镜头，东拉西扯着。

3. Several thousand supporters strained to catch a glimpse of the new president.

几千名支持者翘首企盼能一睹新总统的风采。

4. Gil sensed something wrong from her father's strained voice.

吉尔从父亲紧张的声音中感觉到出了什么事了。

5. Little by little she lost the taut, strained air of perpetual anxiety.

长期焦虑带来的紧张而疲惫的神色从她脸上慢慢消失了。