這句話要根據(jù)上文來判斷.我們知道這段話是討論心情放松的健康作用.If stress,depression,anger and other negative feelings can make you more likely to get sick,can the reverse be true?Reverse指的就是Relaxation can make you more healthy.
翻譯：
身體放松后,各個部分的負荷也隨之減小.
這句話是講Relaxation Therapy的效果.
Relaxation therapy is a process that focuses on using a combination of breathing and muscle relaxation in order to deal with stress.
那么首先是some of the tension is taken out,tension是緊張,所以可以直接意譯為“放松”
the strain is taken off the entire system.system這里指的應(yīng)當(dāng)是body system.而strain沒有了之后會有什么效果?后文中有寫道：Relaxation decreases blood pressure,heart rate and respiration and increases one's sense of well-being.所以這個strain翻譯成負荷.
這個句子老實說寫得不好.首先tension和strain兩個意義接近的詞語沒有再前文中分別指明,system也不知道他在說什么.其次聯(lián)用兩個被動態(tài)是非常冗雜的,拖慢了句子節(jié)奏,taken out和taken off都不是很正式的描述用語.