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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• extremely irritating to the nerves
  1. nerve-racking noise
  2. the stressful days before a war
  3. a trying day at the office
  Synonym:nerve-wrackingstressfultrying

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He faced a nerve-racking wait for her test results.
  他正在紧张地等待考试结果。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• A nerve-racking wait for exam results.
  对考试成绩心神不安的等待。
• The first half of 2002 was particularly nerve-racking.
  2002年上半年尤其令人伤脑筋。