| 释义 |
strain every nerve to try as hard as possible to do something全力以赴:•He was straining every nerve to impress the judges.他竭尽全力想给法官留下好印象。 strain every nerve make every possible effort 竭尽全力, 拼命。 [ORIGIN: from the earlier sense of nerve as 'tendon, sinew'.] strain every nerve 见NERVE. |