straining

It is hard to avoid the impression that the author is straining to make a book out of a subject that does not really amount to one.

现在很难不对本书作者产生一种印象，即她只是在挖空心思地将一个无法成书的主题拼凑成一部著作。

There's no sense of straining to stay awake or to stave off sleep. I'm simply not sleepy.

并没有那种持续的竭力保持清醒，从而延缓睡觉的感觉，我根本就没有睡意。

ChiChi ran back and forth in front of his chair, straining at his leash as if to run down the beach.

吉吉在他的椅子前面来来回回地跑，奋力拉扯皮带，似乎想跑下海滩。

Ever hearkening to the sound of beauty, straining for the flash of its distant wings, he watches to follow, wearying his feet in travelling.

他总是倾听着美的声音，努力要捕捉它那在远方一闪而过的翅膀。他注视着，想追上去，奔走得累坏了双脚。

She seems to be straining to become what she thinks others expect her to be.

她似乎努力要变成他人期望她成为的人物。

Direct Data Connectivity -- Native drivers are easy to install, configure, and optimize without straining system resources.

直接的数据连接――本地的驱动能简单的安装，配置和优化，而不会使系统资源变得紧张。

On my way home from hunting, I found Mr. Smith and his children straining to get their car out the mud and went immediately to help them.

我在打猎归家途中，看到史密斯先生和他的孩子们正使劲把汽车推出烂泥地，就赶紧走过去帮助他们。

Nearly 40 years on, researchers around the world are still straining to see gravitational waves, so far without success.

直至今日近40年的时间里，全世界的研究者都围绕着发现重力场波动而进行着工作，但时至今日仍然没有进展。

She was not hungry at all, but weak, and her eyes were tired, straining at the one point where the eye-punch came down.

她一点也不饿，可是已经精疲力尽了。眼睛一直盯着打鞋孔的地方，也累得发酸。

One day, as she was straining with all her might to imagine her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: The bed moved!

有一天，因为她很紧张地想象她的腿可能再次移动，这时仿佛奇迹发生了：床为她而感动！床开始移动！！

and philosophical thought is the mind straining to understand itself and its place in the scheme of things.

用力是成长的惟一途径，而哲学思考就是心灵努力认识自己、认识自己在世间万物之中位置的活动。

I heard it approach the door and pass out without moving bolt or lock. It wandered away among the dismal corridors, straining the floors.

没有发出门锁和插销拨动时的声响，脚步声就已经穿门而出，在阴森森的走廊上来回徘徊。

Suddenly one dog was running towards me, straining at the leash. Behind of it, there was a knock-out girl.

突然一条狗朝我跑来，把皮带拉得紧紧的。

The variation of flow behavior and microstructure of metal materials during cyclic straining was described from the point of view of energy.

从能量的观点阐述了金属材料在循环变形过程中性能的变化及其微观机制。

The name di ute is one of many ises straining relation between Japan and South Korea.

围绕这一水域称呼的争议是使日本和韩国关系紧张的众多原因之一。

When he spoke of Christina Green, the murdered 9-year-old girl, he spoke as the father of a 9-year-old himself, his voice straining a bit.

当他的克里斯蒂娜绿色，杀害9岁的小女孩一边说，一边说话作为一个9岁的他自己的父亲，他的声音有点紧张。

With a cheek flushed by hope, and an eye straining with curiosity, her fingers grasped the handle of a drawer and drew it forth.

心里的希望使她脸上涨得通红，眼睛好奇地瞪得溜圆，手指抓住了一个抽屉的把柄，把它拉开了。

It's not super light--reading by it would be difficult and eye-straining--but certainly beautiful in an unearthly or subterranean way.

它不是很亮，在这种灯光下看书会觉很困难，眼睛也会疲劳，但的确很漂亮，不是吗？

At times, the museum seems to be straining to make its argument.

博物馆有时像是在竭力说明自己的观点。

Suddenly, Galen and Rose heard a commotion in the Wood. They stopped and peered in, straining to see through the fog.

突然，加仑和萝丝听到林中有骚乱的声音，他们停下来望过去，努力想透过迷雾看清楚。