• n. 張力，拉力；緊張，不安；電壓
• vt. 使緊張；使拉緊

來自 tense,拉緊的，緊張的，-ion,名詞后綴。

tension (n.)

1530s, "a stretched condition," from Middle French tension (16c.) or directly from Latin tensionem (nominative tensio) "a stretching" (in Medieval Latin "a struggle, contest"), noun of state from tensus, past participle of tendere "to stretch," from PIE root *ten- "stretch" (see tenet). The sense of "nervous strain" is first recorded 1763. The meaning "stress along lines of electromotive force" (as in high-tension wires) is recorded from 1785.

1. Acupressure is used to release tension spots in the shoulders and neck.

指壓按摩用于緩解肩部和頸部的緊張。

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2. He became more aware of the things that started that tension off.

他越來越清楚地認識到引起緊張局勢的原因。

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3. Some of the tension Altman builds up starts to sag.

奧爾特曼制造的一些緊張氛圍開始緩解。

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4. There is tension in the region following the killing of seven civilians.

隨著7名平民被殺害，該地區局勢緊張起來。

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5. There's still an atmosphere of great hostility and tension in the city.

強烈的敵對和緊張氣氛依然籠罩著這座城市。

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