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
- 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。 - A nerve-racking wait for exam results.
对考试成绩心神不安的等待。 - It is a fairly nerve-racking procedure if done by hand, but it definitely increases your confidence in dealing with the rest of the installation.
如果用手工完成的话，这是一个相当伤脑筋的过程，但是也的确可以增加您在处理其余安装方面的自信。 - I knew this first one was going to be really nerve-racking.
我知道第一首曲子很难选。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - But relying on allies who do not wish to come forward until the last minute is always a nerve-racking proposition.
但对于民主党来说，指望有盟友能在最后一刻挺身而出反对这一议案实在是一件伤脑筋的事。