tenses

T 开头单词词源字典

常见例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

He read the letter with a tense anxiety.
他緊張焦慮地看那封信。
The two countries began to discuss their tense relations.
這兩國開始討論他們之間的緊張關系。

用作表語: S+be+～

Is the rope tense?
繩子拉緊了嗎?
A mother feels tense when her baby is ill.
母親在小孩生病時會感到緊張。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

I cannot play the piano like I used to—my fingers have gone tense from lack of practice.
我不能像過去那樣彈鋼琴了——我的手指因缺乏練習變得生硬了。
We were tense with expectancy.
我們因期待而神經緊張起來。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

Try to act naturally, even if you're tense.
即使緊張也不要做作。
It is difficult to be natural when one is tense.
人在緊張的時候很難泰然自若。
She was gently massaging the tense muscles of his neck.
她溫柔地按摩著他脖子上繃緊的肌肉。

用作動詞 (v.)

She tensed, hearing that noise again.
她再次聽到那個聲音就緊張起來。
Players get very tensed up before a match.
運動員在比賽前都感到神經緊張。

用作名詞 (n.)

The verb is in the present tense.
這個動詞使用的是現在時態。