奇葩剧汉英词典

on tenterhooks

O 开头单词

基本解释

  • 提心吊胆；焦虑不安

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • He was on tenterhooks of expectation during our conversation.
    在我们谈话时，他因有所期待而如坐针毡。 %。
  • Harry Potter fans are on tenterhooks before a press conference in which JK Rowling has promised to lift the veil on her next venture.
    这场新闻发布会之前，哈迷们都寝食难安，因为JK罗琳承诺要在会上为她的下一步举动揭开面纱。
  • You can't imagine how worded I am, sister. We haven't got any good doctors nowadays, either. This illness is keeping me on tenterhooks.
    婶子，你说我心焦不心焦?况且如今又没个好大夫，我想到他这病上，我心里倒象针扎似的。

    • 原声例句

  • just to keep you poised and on tenterhooks.
    这是为了吊你们的好奇心。
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    • 权威例句

  • The team waits on tenterhooks to discover the final figure to be revealed at 04:23 PST on Friday 1st February.
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  • Meanwhile Macedonia, which in 2001 almost descended into civil war between the majority Macedonians and minority ethnic Albanians, is on tenterhooks.
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  • The European Central Bank (ECB) certainly remains on tenterhooks with about 30% of futures dealers pricing in a refi-rate (refinancing rate) cut on Thursday.
    FORBES: Eurozone Economy Keeps the House Divided

词组短语

    短语

  • be on the tenterhooks 六神无主;英语翻译
  • be always on tenterhooks 心惊肉跳
  • be put on tenterhooks 魂梦不安
  • live on tenterhooks forever 永远提心吊胆过日子
  • live on tenterhooks 永远提心吊胆过日子