stress

英 [stres] 美 [stres]

• n. 压力；强调；重音
• vt. 强调；重读

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U] [C] 压力,紧张

   pressure caused by the problems of living, too much work, etc.

2. [U] 强调,重要性

   special emphasis or significance

3. [U] 重力

   force that acts on a thing or between parts of a thing, and tends to pull or twist it out of shape; tension

4. [U] [C] 重音

   emphasis put on a word or syllable

v. (动词)

1. vt. 重读

   put a stress on

2. vt. 强调

   give importance to

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 压力
2. 紧张，紧迫
3. 重读
4. 压迫
5. 强调，重点，着重 ；重要性
6. 【物】应力
7. 【语】重音
8. 【音】加强
9. 重力
10. <诗>扬音
11. 语势

v. 动词

1. 着重，强调，突出 ，着重于
2. 加压力于，压，压迫
3. 用重音读，重读；加重语气说
4. 使紧张
5. 辩解
6. 骚扰或打扰某人，遭受烦恼
7. 体验到压力

英英释义

Noun:

1. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);

   "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
   

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

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

3. special emphasis attached to something;

   "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
   

4. difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;

   "she endured the stresses and strains of life"
   "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"
   

5. (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body;

   "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
   

Verb:

1. to stress, single out as important;

   "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
   

2. put stress on; utter with an accent;

   "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
   

3. test the limits of;

   "You are trying my patience!"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Stress can be extremely damaging to your health.
   压力对你的健康会是非常有害的。
2. The stress on setting an example is particularly necessary at present.
   现在，强调以身作则这个问题很必要。
3. Which syllable does the stress of this word fall on?
   这个单词的重音是在哪个音节上?

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Here I will stress the importance of mathematics to the whole of science.
   这里我要强调数学对整个科学的重要性。
2. In English, speakers can stress or emphasize words they think are important.
   在英语中，说话者可以重读或强调他们认为重要的单词。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The roof couldn't bear the stress of the snow.
   屋顶受不了积雪的压力。
2. Some students are completely struck down by the stresses of examinations.
   有些学生被考试的压力完全压垮了。
3. My parents lay great stress on honesty.
   我的父母十分注重诚实。
4. This instrument measures the stresses in an aircraft's wing.
   这种仪器可以测量出飞机机翼所承受的压力。
5. The stress is on the last syllable.
   重音在最后一个音节上。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. We stress the last syllable on “violin”.violin
   这个词的最后一个音节要重读。
2. He stressed the word of “unity”.
   他特别重读“团结”一词。
3. That article stressed the same problem.
   那篇文章强调了同一个问题。
4. He stressed the importance of better public relation.
   他强调了良好的公共关系的重要性。
5. In his lecture, he stressed the importance of idiomatic usage in a language.
   他在演讲中着重强调了语言中习惯用法的重要性。
6. The teacher stressed the danger of the examination failing.
   老师反复强调考试失败的危险。
7. The teacher stressed the principles by examples.
   这位教师用实例来强调这些原则。
8. He stressed the point that we should be punctual.
   他强调我们应该准时。
9. The lawyer stressed the fact that the defendant killed the boy accidentally.
   律师强调被告是意外杀死了那个男孩的。
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10. The word “important” is stressed on the second syllable.important
    这个词的重音在第二个音节上。

S+～+that-clause

1. He stressed that we should always be honest.
   他强调我们应该永远诚实。
2. They stressed that all regulations would be strictly enforced.
   他们强调地指出,一切规章都将严格执行。

经典引文

• The stress of poverty may have been the cause.

  出自： J. R. Green

• Pious virgins, under stress of these things, swoon.

  出自： M. Hewlett

• Transfer to a new environment stresses the calves.

  出自：Country Life

• Stressing your body this way..will improve your use of oxygen.

  出自：Road Racing Training

• Be sure that bolts are correctly stressed.

  出自：Engineering

• We don't have to stress the boat or the crew.

  出自：Times

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• stress the danger of the examination failing 强调考试失败的危险性
• stress the fact 强调事实
• stress the importance of better public relation 强调了良好的公共关系的重要性
• stress the importance of idiomatic usage in a language 强调了语言中习惯用法的重要性
• stress the principles 强调原则
• stress the same problem 强调了同一个问题
• stress the word of “stretch” 强调stretch一词

～+副词

• stress artificially 虚假地强调
• stress contemptuously 傲慢地强调
• stress directly 直接强调
• stress exclusively 独自强调
• stress formally 正式强调
• stress hugely 极为强调
• stress ingeniously 巧妙地强调
• stress markedly 明显强调
• stress nicely 很好地强调
• stress ostensibly 表面上强调
• stress particularly 特别强调
• stress powerfully 十分强调
• stress precisely 确切地强调
• stress prematurely 提前强调
• stress previously 事先强调
• stress principally 主要强调
• stress probably 适当强调
• stress regularly 经常强调
• stress repeatedly 多次强调
• stress strictly 严格强调
• stress strongly 坚决强调
• stress tentatively 暂时强调
• stress thoroughly 全面强调
• stress unaffectedly 自然流露地强调
• stress unanimously 一致强调
• stress utterly 绝对强调
• stress verbally 口头强调

词语用法

1. stress作动词时，和lay stress on一样，一般表示“强调”，有时表示“注重”。

   In his speech he stresses(或lays stress on)honesty as an important virtue.
   他在演讲中强调诚实是一种很重要的美德。

2. stress后可接that从句，做作它的宾语。

   He stresses that we should always be honest.
   他强调说我们要一直真诚。

3. stress同strain（紧张，拉紧）的区别：strain是stress的结果，紧张是由于压力产生的。而stress（压力）是相邻的物体或部分之间的相互作用，由此可导致物体形态或尺寸的改变。

v. (动词)

1. stress用作名词时基本意思是“重音”,转化为动词意思是“重读”。引申可表示“强调”。
2. stress只用作及物动词,可接名词、代词、that从句作宾语。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

stress, accent

• 这两个词都可以作“重音; 重读”解,常可替换,不过在现代英语里accent 更常作“口音; 腔调”解,表示“重音”时较常用 stress。试比较下面两句:
• He speaks English with a strong Chinese accent.
• 他说英语时带有浓重的中国腔。
• He puts stresses on every vowel sound.
• 他强调每一个元音。

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

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自中古法语的destresse，意为艰难，苦难，压力；最初源自古法语的estrece，意为狭小，压抑。

近反义词

【近义词】

• accent 重音
• strain 拉紧
• tension 紧张
• emphasis 强调
• importance 重要
• urgency 紧急(的事)
• emphasize 强调
• accentuate 重读
• highlight 强调
• underline 在…下面划线...
• anxiety 焦虑
• pressure 压强
• force 武力
• worry 撕咬
• trauma 创伤
• insistence 坚持
• weight 重量
• lay emphasis on 强调(着重于)...
• underscore 划线于
• point up 强调
• consequence 结果
• insist 坚持
• press 按
• sweat 汗水
• punctuate 加标点于
• focus 焦点
• tenseness 绷紧
• try 试验
• emphasise <英>强调