20140226 每日三單字 (occur to / Catholic / strain)

occur to
發生
Earthquakes occur frequently in this area .   這一地區經常發生地震。
出現；存在；被發現[Q]
Do giraffes occur in Africa only ?   長頸鹿是不是只在非洲才有？
被想起，被想到，浮現[（+to）]
It occurred to me to visit my teacher .   我想到要去看看我的老師。
It never occurred to me that he might be in trouble .   我怎麼也沒有想到他會遇上麻煩。
A brilliant idea occurred to me .   我想到一個極好的主意。
It didn ' t occur to him that she would refuse his invitation .   他沒有想到她會拒絕他的邀請。

Catholic
a. 形容詞
普遍的；廣泛的；包容一切的

寬容的

（C-）天主教的

n. 名詞
（C-）天主教徒


盡力，使勁[（+at/after/under）][+to-v]
He strained to finish the work in a week .   他拼命努力，想在一週內完成工作。
They strained to row the boat .   他們奮力划船。
緊拉；緊拖[（+at）]
He strained at the rope and the boat moved .   他拉緊纜繩，船隨著動了。
不肯接受，以為不可[（+at）]

扭歪；彎曲；（因用力而）變形

被過濾；滲出

緊靠[（+against）]



strain
n. 名詞
拉緊；張力[C]
The rope broke under the strain .   繩子被拉斷了。
負擔，沉重壓力[C]

[u]（身心的）緊張狀態；過勞，操心[C]

（身體的）失常；扭傷[C][u]
The athlete is suffering from muscular strain .   這名運動員正受肌肉勞損之苦。
拉緊；拖緊；伸張
The heavy box strained the rope to a breaking point .   那隻沉重的箱子幾乎把繩子拉斷。
盡力睜大（眼）；竭力喊[O2]
She strained her eyes in the darkness .   她在黑暗中睜大眼睛看。
使過勞（以致受損傷）；扭傷
John strained his eyes by reading too much small print .   約翰因看過多的小字體而弄壞了眼睛。[/u]
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