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
- 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。 - 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。 - The first half of 2002 was particularly nerve-racking.
2002年上半年尤其令人伤脑筋。 - He faced a nerve-racking wait for her test results.
他正在紧张地等待考试结果。 - 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。 - Waiting to find out whether the sellers would accept our purchase offer was nerve-racking.
等候知道卖方是不是愿意接受我们买方提出的条件真令人心焦。 - A fact of life for the conference interpreter in China, however, is the omnipresent mobile phone and its nerve-racking disturbances.
在中国一个让译员头疼但又无法逃避的问题就是无所不在的手机干扰。 - 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。