For half an hour I sat with straining ears.

竖起耳朵坐了足足半个小时。

Bending her head, straining against the wind, the girl walks into the monster.

她低下头，在风中毅立不摇，女孩走进了怪兽里面。

Their minds are relaxed and not straining on a particular task.

他们的大脑是放松的，而不是绷紧在一个特殊的项目上。

Return to the initial position, straining the leg and butt muscles.

回到初始位置，拉紧腿部和臀部肌肉。

Other colleges are straining to stand out from their peers.

其他大学正努力从同行当中脱颖而出。

The first part of the sentence suggests an effort – straining of the eyes.

句的第一部分暗示着眼睛的极力张开。

This is straining the AfD, which has three leaders.

这使新选项党内部更加紧张。

The Yukon was straining to break loose the ice that bound it down.

禁锢着育空河的坚冰正被他奋力挣破。

So stop straining your pop-a-squats and let gravity do the work for you instead.

所以不要给你的便便增加负担了，让重力作用完成这些事情吧。

Egyptians enjoyed goats' milk cottage cheese, straining the whey with reed mats.

埃及人喜欢用山羊奶制作的松软干酪，他们用芦苇垫滤掉乳清。

Soon the distant noise of Ron straining to shift the rocks was gone.

很快，罗恩<>pan class="key">吭哧吭哧搬石头的声音听不见了。

Miss Morstan seized my wrist, and we all stood, with thumping hearts, straining our ears.

摩斯坦小姐紧握着的手腕，们极其紧张地站在那里，普通普通地侧耳倾听着。

As she sat straining her ears toward town, a faint glow appeared above the trees.

她坐在那里侧耳倾听市区的声音，这时树顶上升起一片隐隐的火光，使她觉奇怪。

… images of portly magicians straining their buttons are conjured in the mind.

… … 胖乎乎的魔术师使劲按按钮的画面在脑海中浮现。

Jordan's limited resources are straining under the influx.

约旦的有限资源在难民的涌入下变十分紧张。

The recent influx is straining the community's already limited resources.

最近涌入的难民已经让社区有限的资源感到吃紧。

After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded.

一番用力推拉之后，他终于成功地把大石头移到路旁去了。

There are 30,000 troops in the area, all straining at the leash.

【strain】该地区有三万名士兵，全都在枕戈待旦。

And for many, constipation can become chronic, meaning regularly passing lumpy hard stools accompanied by straining.

大部分时候便秘是慢性的，这意味着你经常要用力排出粗硬的粪便。

While he thinks he is surpassing others, others see him merely straining, stretching, to stand on tiptoe.

虽然他认为他正在超越别人，但别人认为他只是在过度拉扯自己、踮起脚尖让自己更疲惫。