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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A nerve-racking wait for exam results.
  对考试成绩心神不安的等待。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。