stress

英 [stres] 美[str?s]

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stress 施壓，加壓，壓力，緊張

來自拉丁語 stringere,拉緊，綁緊，詞源同 strain,strict.-ss,過去分詞格。引申諸相關詞義。

stress (n.): c. 1300, "hardship, adversity, force, pressure," in part a shortening of Middle English distress (n.); in part from Old French estrece "narrowness, oppression," from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus "tight, compressed, drawn together," past participle of stringere "draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Meaning "physical strain on a material object" is from mid-15c. As an abstract force in mechanics from 1855. The purely psychological sense is attested from 1955.
stress (v.): c. 1300, "to subject (someone) to force or compulsion," from Middle French estrecier, from Vulgar Latin *strictiare, from Latin stringere "draw tight," which also is the source of stress (n.). The figurative meaning "put emphasis on" is first recorded 1896, from notion of laying pressure on something by relying on it. Related: Stressed; stressing.

1. Massage is used to relax muscles, relieve stress and improve the circulation.: 按摩可以使肌肉放松，緩解壓力和促進血液循環。

2. Stress is widely perceived as contributing to coronary heart disease.: 壓力被廣泛認為是導致冠心病的一個因素。

3. Stress, both human and mechanical, may also be a contributing factor.: 來自人的和機械方面的壓力可能也是一個因素。

5. Japanese car makers are laying ever more stress on European sales.: 日本汽車制造商比以往任何時候都更加重視歐洲市場的銷售情況.