nerve-racking
英 [ˈnɜːv rækɪŋ]
美 [ˈnɜːrv rækɪŋ]
adj. 令人十分紧张的; 令人焦虑不安的
牛津词典
adj.
- 令人十分紧张的;令人焦虑不安的
making you feel very nervous and worried
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 使人焦虑的;使人十分紧张的
Anerve-rackingsituation or experience makes you feel very tense and worried.- The women and children spent a nerve-racking day outside waiting while fighting continued around them...
女人和孩子们在外面紧张不安地挨过了一天,而战斗仍在她们身边继续。 - It was more nerve-wracking than taking a World Cup penalty.
这比在世界杯上罚点球还扣人心弦。
- The women and children spent a nerve-racking day outside waiting while fighting continued around them...
英英释义
adj
- extremely irritating to the nerves
- nerve-racking noise
- the stressful days before a war
- a trying day at the office
双语例句
- A nerve-racking wait for exam results.
对考试成绩心神不安的等待。 - Although we were warned of the dreadful bite of the Rat, most of us were not prepared at all for the upheavals and nerve-racking crises that shook the world in2008.
我们都知道让鼠咬之可怕,但2008年带来剧变、叫人伤神的世界危机是多数人始料不及的。 - With such a slender lead, there were bound to be nerve-racking moments as the game entered it's final phases.
带着这样微小的优势,曼联进入了令人紧张的最后时刻。 - These frenzies were nerve-racking because oftentimes I didn't know why he was crying or how to make him stop.
这种狂怒是对精神的一种折磨,因为大多数时间我都不明白他为什么要哭、怎么才能叫他停下来。 - Nerve-racking noise; the stressful days before a war; a trying day at the office.
令人头疼的噪音;战争前的那些紧张的日子;办公室里紧张的一天。 - Yes, I must confess I find interviews rather nerve-racking.
是的,我必须承认我觉得面试相当让人伤脑筋。 - C.At first, the experience was nerve-racking.
开始的时候这段经历让我很伤脑筋。 - An interview should be viewed as an opportunity to show an employer what you have to offer, rather than as a nerve-racking ordeal.
面试应该视为向雇主展示你能力的机会,而不是伤脑筋的考验。 - I'm having my surgery tomorrow, and while it's always a little nerve-racking to go under the knife, I'm excited to take the first step towards getting healthy and getting back on the court.
我明天就要做手术了,尽管要动刀时总是让人很头疼,但我还是很兴奋能迈出让我恢复健康并回到场上的第一步。 - He had no thoughts save for the nerve-racking, body-destroying toil.
在这儿只有折磨神经戕害身体的苦工,没有思想。