Things are terrible at work and people are cracking under the strain.

工作情况很糟糕，人们因过度紧张越来越吃不消了。

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Each of these scenes might seem, at first glance, a conventional image of artillerymen at work. They are depictions of strength and strain.

乍一看，浮雕上的每个场景似乎只是炮兵工作状态的传统展现，是力量与张力的再现。

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We call it work strain — high workload and low control.

我们称它是工作紧绷——高工作量和低控制。

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Each year,scientists work to develop a unique influenza vaccine to protect people against the strain expected in the coming flu season.

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In Europe many funds found that the assets they pledged as collateral in return for financing from Lehman have become trapped in the bankruptcy process as administrators strain to work out which assets genuinely belong to clients.

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The research findings show that "we've made the connection between real-world problems that women face, such as the strain of managing work and family, and their higher rates of depression, " explains Grayson.

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In other words I have come to the conclusion that for the stress and strain of doing Engineering work it is simply not worth the final pay after taxes and loan payments.

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