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
- Must be pretty nerve-racking to be the last two today.
作为今天最后两个一定非常痛苦。 - A nerve-racking wait for exam results.
对考试成绩心神不安的等待。 - 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 faced a nerve-racking wait for her test results.
他正在紧张地等待考试结果。 - Especially in a nerve-racking setting, like a job interview?
尤其在一个让人紧张的场合，比如工作面试？ - 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。 - Driving through snowstorm on icy roads for long distances is a most nerve-racking experience.
在暴风雪中驱车长距离地行驶于冰雪覆盖的路面上是一种令人非常紧张的经历。 - It's nerve-racking enough just to wait all day to get the news.
等了一天的消息已经很伤脑筋了。 - 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。 - Designed to elicit intense excitement and nerve-racking tension, thrillers create suspense by placing the protagonist in a perilous situation from which escape seems impossible.
恐怖片旨在引起观众强烈的感官刺激，挑起神经撕裂般的紧张，影片把主角置身于似乎无法逃离的险境中来制造悬念。