| 单词 | tension |
| 释义 | tension (once / 445 pages) n When things feel so tight they might snap, that's tension. If you buy your girlfriend a vacuum cleaner when she wanted diamonds, you will experience tension. Just before she storms out of the room. The noun tension has its Latin roots in tendere, which means to stretch, and tension occurs when something is stretched either physically or emotionally. Strained relations between countries can cause political tensions to rise. You can add tension to a rubber band by stretching it tight. You can release nervous tension by releasing that tension in the rubber band, when you shoot it at your brother. WORD FAMILYtension: tensional, tensionless, tensions+/tense: tensed, tensely, tenseness, tenser, tenses, tensest, tensing, tension, tensity, tensor/tenseness: tensenesses/tensity: tensities/tensor: tensors USAGE EXAMPLESMonths after the primary, tensions were still running high when Taylor’s campaign manager tried to join the local GOP committee in Forbes’s stronghold of Chesapeake. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Ray painstakingly tries to abide by all the rules, but that doesn’t mean tensions can’t run high when the board decides to drop in. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Adding to the potential for tension is the fact that Trump’s White House is being set up with rival centers of gravity. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the action of stretching something tight tension holds the belt in the pulleys Hyper stretching act of expanding by lengthening or widening 2n the physical condition of being stretched or strained it places great tension on the leg muscles Syn|Hypo|Hyper tautness, tenseness, tensity tone, tonicity, tonus the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli catatoniaextreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia muscle tone, muscular tonusnormal tonicity of the muscles myotoniaabnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction hypertonia, hypertonicity, hypertonus(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypertonic hypotonia, hypotonicity, hypotonus(of muscular tissue) the state of being hypotonic condition, status a state at a particular time 3n (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear Hyper stress (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body 4n a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature) there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history Hyper balance a state of equilibrium 5n feelings of hostility that are not manifest the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions Syn|Hyper latent hostility antagonism, enmity, hostility a state of deep-seated ill-will 6n (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension Syn|Hypo|Hyper stress, tenseness yips nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts) breaking point(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial mental strain, nervous strain, strain (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress |
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