tense
adjective/tens/
/tens/
- (of a person) nervous or worried, and unable to relax
神经紧张的；担心的；不能松弛的 - He's a very tense person.
他是个神经非常紧张的人。 - She sounded tense and angry.
她的声音听起来又气又急。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- I was feeling a little tense and restless.
我感到有点儿紧张不安。 - There's no point in getting tense about the situation.
对形势没必要紧张。 - Try to relax. Are you always this tense?
尽量放轻松。你总是这样紧张吗？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- about
- He's a very tense person.
- (of a situation, an event, a period of time, etc.) in which people have strong feelings such as worry, anger, etc. that often cannot be expressed openly
令人紧张的（或焦虑的、满腹愤懑的等） - I spent a tense few weeks waiting for the results of the tests.
等候测试结果的这几个星期里我寝食不安。 - The atmosphere in the meeting was getting more and more tense.
会议的气氛越来越紧张。
Extra Examples- Relations between the two leaders are visibly tense.
两位领导人的关系明显紧张。 - The situation grew increasingly tense.
形势越来越紧张。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- I spent a tense few weeks waiting for the results of the tests.
- (of a muscle or other part of the body) tight rather than relaxed
绷紧的；不松弛的 - A massage will relax those tense muscles.
按摩会使紧张的肌肉松弛。
- A massage will relax those tense muscles.
- (of wire, etc.) stretched tightly
拉紧的；绷紧的 - (phonetics) (of a speech sound) produced with the muscles of the speech organs stretched tight
紧的；紧张音的
Word Originadjective late 17th cent.: from Latin tensus ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.