tension

英 ['tenʃn] 美 ['tenʃn]

• n. 紧张；拉力；张力；紧张状态；[电]电压
• vt. 使拉紧；使绷紧

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]紧张

   mental, emotional or nervous strain

2. [U][C]紧张的状态

   condition when feelings are tense or relations between people, group, etc.

3. [U]张力,拉力

   state or degree of stretching or being stretched

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 紧张
2. 拉紧， 绷紧
3. 【物】张力，拉力，牵力，牵力，膨胀力
4. 【电】电压
5. 紧张局势，紧张状况
6. 伸张，拉伸
7. 蒸汽压，压强
8. 拉紧装置，绷紧装置，绷子

v. 动词

1. 使紧张
2. 使拉紧，使绷紧
3. 张紧，拉紧，绷紧
4. 压击

英英释义

Noun:

1. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense;

   "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"
   "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
   

2. the physical condition of being stretched or strained;

   "it places great tension on the leg muscles"
   "he could feel the tenseness of her body"
   

3. 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"
   

4. (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"
   

5. feelings of hostility that are not manifest;

   "he could sense her latent hostility to him"
   "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions"
   

6. the action of stretching something tight;

   "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The tension is building up.
   形势逐步紧张起来。
2. The tension soon transmitted itself to all the members of the crowd.
   这种紧张情绪很快感染了人群中所有的人。
3. A positive-stress component means tension.
   正应力分量表示拉力。
4. If a wire is held under tension, it gets slightly longer.
   电线在拉力状态下会变得略微长点。
5. A leather loop that slides to change the tension on the cord of a drum.
   滑动皮环通过滑动以改变鼓弦张力的皮环
6. This wire will take 50 pounds tension before breaking.
   这根金属线在断裂之前能承受五十磅的张力。
7. Tension mounted as we waited for the exam results to be published.
   我们在等待公布考试结果时气氛越来越紧张。
8. high tension unit for x-ray television diagnosis
   X线电视诊断用高电压装置

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. They suffer from nervous tension when the signal was shown on a radarscope.
   当雷达显示器上出现信号时他们感到紧张。
2. The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.
   那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
3. If you increase the tension of that violin string it will break.
   如果你再拉紧小提琴的那根弦,它就会绷断。

经典引文

• Wood is three or four times as strong in tension as it is in compression.

  出自： J. E. Gordon

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• cause〔create〕 the tension 引起紧张
• ease〔lessen, relax〕 the tension 缓和紧张局势
• feel the tension 感到紧张

形容词+～

• the international tension 国际紧张局势
• the racial tensions 种族间的紧张关系

名词+～

• the world tension 世界紧张局势

介词+～

• at the great tension 紧张的
• in tension 处于紧张状态
• sense of tension 紧张感
• under the tension of 在…压力下

～+介词

• the tension between the two countries 两国间的紧张状态
• the tension in foreign relations 外交上的紧张关系

词义辨析

strain，stress，pressure，tension

• 这些名词均有“压力，重压，紧张”之意。
• strain指某人为克服外力界压力而造成的身心和情绪等方面的压抑。用于物时，指任何力或合力作用于一个物体上面造成的应变。
• stress侧重指承受外来的压力，也指由于某种原因而引起的心理、生理或情绪上的紧张。
• pressure在科学上，指单位面积上所受到的压力。用于引申时，指某事物所产生的压力或影响力等。
• tension多指因关系不好或其它原因而出现的紧张状态，也指某物被过度伸展的程度或状态。

词源解说

• ☆ 1533年进入英语，直接源自中古法语的tension；最初源自古典拉丁语的tensionem，意为拉伸。

近反义词

【近义词】

• anxiety
• strain