nerve-racking

美 [ˈnɜːrv rækɪŋ]英 [ˈnɜːv rækɪŋ]
  • adj.令人十分紧张的;令人焦虑不安的
nerve-rackingnerve-racking

adj.

令人十分紧张的;令人焦虑不安的
making you feel very nervous and worried

also nerve-wracking

nerve-racking

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    ADJ-GRADED 使人焦虑的;使人十分紧张的
    A nerve-racking situation 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。

adj

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extremely irritating to the nerves
nerve-racking noise
the stressful days before a war
a trying day at the office
Synonym: nerve-wracking stressful trying

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  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. 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。

  3. I knew this first one was going to be really nerve-racking .

    我知道第一首曲子很难选。

  4. 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?

  5. He faced a nerve-racking wait for her test results .

    他正在紧张地等待考试结果。

  6. 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。

  7. 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。

  8. The first half of 2002 was particularly nerve-racking .

    2002年上半年尤其令人伤脑筋。

  9. 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。

  10. But no doubt it 's a little nerve-racking for the recently born pufflings .

    但对于刚出生不久的海雀来说,这无疑有点伤脑筋。

  11. Ah , what a nerve-racking thing , meeting your future in-laws .

    呃,会见未来的亲家真是一件伤脑筋的事。

  12. 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。

  13. It might be nerve-racking , but express your true self without thinking about how people are judging you .

    听上去可能有点神经兮兮的,但却展示了真实的你自己不愿多想别人是怎么看待你的。

  14. A nerve-racking wait for exam results .

    对考试成绩心神不安的等待。

  15. Moreover , there are more nerve-racking deadlines to come .

    此外,伤脑筋的截止日期接踵而至。

  16. Driving through snowstorm on icy roads for long distances is a most nerve-racking experience .

    在暴风雪中驱车长距离地行驶于冰雪覆盖的路面上是一种令人非常紧张的经历。

  17. 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。

  18. C.At first , the experience was nerve-racking .

    开始的时候这段经历让我很伤脑筋。

  19. 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。

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. One reason public speaking is so nerve-racking is because there 's so much to manage - your presence , your words , your delivery , and your reaction .

    很多人会在公众演讲时感到紧张是因为他们想要控制太多的东西,包括仪态、语言、传达的信息和反应。

  23. 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。

  24. An interview should be viewed as an opportunity to show an employer what you have to offer , rather than as a nerve-racking ordeal .

    面试应该视为向雇主展示你能力的机会,而不是伤脑筋的考验。

  25. Going for a job interview is nerve-racking at the best of times , but tech giant Google has become notorious for asking fiendishly tough questions .

    即便是招聘高峰期,求职面试也会非常伤神费脑,然而科技巨头谷歌的面试题则因其奇葩刁钻而异常出名。

  26. These frenzies were nerve-racking because oftentimes I didn 't know why he was crying or how to make him stop .

    这种狂怒是对精神的一种折磨,因为大多数时间我都不明白他为什么要哭、怎么才能叫他停下来。

  27. Fundamentalist life can be nerve-racking , but fundamentalists can reduce the cost of risk-bearing by simply not following day-by-day price fluctuations too closely .

    基本面分析派的生活可能会很伤脑筋,但他们可以降低负担风险的代价,只要不过于密切地追踪每日价格波动。

  28. 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。

  29. Eighty-nine percent of men interviewed in a 2004 dating survey said they find approaching a woman in a bar nerve-racking , so don 't you be shy about making the first move .

    在2004年的一份约会调查中,89%的被调查男性表示,他们发现在酒吧接触女孩非常伤脑筋。所以,你在走出第一步的时候不要害羞。

  30. Where have you slipped up in the past ? One reason public speaking is so nerve-racking is because there 's so much to manage & your presence , your words , your delivery , and your reaction .

    演讲之所以让人神经紧张,是因为演讲过程中要掌控的东西很多&你的仪态、用词、讲话和反应。