tension

• A tension member may fail by plastic yielding .
  拉伸元件可能由于塑性屈伏而破坏。
• A whole region is caught in a terrible tension .
  整个地区处在极度的紧张气氛之中。
• And now the tension was rising .
  这时，紧张情况加剧了。
• Nim's tension of a moment earlier dissolved .
  尼姆方才感到的紧张一下子化为乌有了。
• Glass always fails in tension .
  玻璃总是在拉伸中断裂。
• Tension gave way to laughter .
  一场紧张转成哄堂大笑。
• There were moments of tension .
  有时也出现紧张气氛。
• Her nervous tension relaxed .
  她紧张的神经松弛下来。
• Relaxation is better than tension .
  缓和比紧张好。
• He was getting used to the tension of being a point .
  他对当尖兵的紧张心理也渐渐习惯了。