Relations between the two countries are under severe strain.

两国关系处于严重紧张状态。

The long working hours put a severe strain on employees.

【strain】工作时间长使雇员产生很严重的焦虑情绪。

This puts the non-native speaker of English under a particularly severe strain.

这使非英语母语的人承受着特别严重的压力。

But the toxic combination of a rate shock and a surge in living costs will put homeowners under severe strain.

但利率冲击和生活成本飙升的有害组合将使房主承受巨大压力。

I looked. The lanyards had been almost severed, with just enough left to hold the shrouds till some severe strain should be put upon them.

我看了。 短绳只割断了一部分，却还能拉住护桅索，要受到更大的力才折断。

The problem has grown into such epidemic proportions that this severe strain of resistant bacteria is being blamed for nearly 700,000 deaths each year throughout the world.

这个问题已经呈流行病之势蔓延，以至于这种严重的菌种已经导致全球将近700000人死亡。

Harry would have dearly loved to have said, " So what? " but he didn't feel that Uncle Vernon's temper should be tested this early in the morning, especially when it was already under severe strain from lack of food.

哈利真想问一句，" 什么'好啊'？" 但是他知道，弗农姨父一清早的脾气是惹不起的，而且，他已经因为没吃饱而憋了一肚子火。

" What! is it possible you do not love me" ? he said to her, with one of those accents that come straight from the heart and impose a severe strain on the cold equanimity of the listener.

“什么！难不成你不爱我” ？他对她说，口音中的一种直接发自肺腑， 给听者冰冷的镇定带来严重的压力。

" So." Harry would have dearly loved to have said, " So what? " but he didn't feel that Uncle Vernon's temper should be tested this early in the morning, especially when it was already under severe strain from lack of food.

哈利真想问一句，" 什么'好啊'？" 但是他知道，弗农姨父一清早的脾气是惹不起的，而且，他已经因为没吃饱而憋了一肚子火。