"strain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

strain verbo

strain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 15
strain relations • strain one's eyes • strain one's ears • strain one's relationship • strain a muscle • ...
(1) relation, relationship, tie
Kolokacji: 3
1. strain one's eyes = wytężać wzrok strain one's eyes
3. strain credulity = łatwowierność obciążenia strain credulity
4. strain credibility = wiarygodność obciążenia strain credibility
5. strain one's ability = obciążenie czyjś umiejętność strain one's ability
  • However, significant population growth has strained the government's ability to finance further improvements in the country's standard of living.
  • But economic problems have strained Sweden's ability to maintain, let alone improve, the standard of living.
  • We don't want you to have to strain your acting ability tomorrow.
  • The Government said the surge strained its ability to process applications and to care for arrivals.
  • And the contingency cuts "may strain the city's ability to provide essential services," it said.
  • All this has greatly strained governments' ability to help.
  • That $5.4 billion payment will strain Westinghouse's ability to borrow.
  • Even in a country accustomed to violence and war, the coordinated campaign has strained people's ability to cope.
  • The thin margins also strain the company's ability to develop new products and features.
  • "If they continue to increase, it's going to strain our ability to handle them."
(3) ear, budget, sense
Kolokacji: 3
strain + preposición
Kolokacji: 25
strain against • strain at • strain for • strain with • strain in • ...
strain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 17
severely strained • strain forward • further strain • strain upward • badly strained • ...

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