tenses

常见例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• He read the letter with a tense anxiety.
  他紧张焦虑地看那封信。
• The two countries began to discuss their tense relations.
  这两国开始讨论他们之间的紧张关系。

用作表语: S+be+～

• Is the rope tense?
  绳子拉紧了吗?
• A mother feels tense when her baby is ill.
  母亲在小孩生病时会感到紧张。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• I cannot play the piano like I used to—my fingers have gone tense from lack of practice.
  我不能像过去那样弹钢琴了——我的手指因缺乏练习变得生硬了。
• We were tense with expectancy.
  我们因期待而神经紧张起来。

用作形容词 (adj.)

• Try to act naturally, even if you're tense.
  即使紧张也不要做作。
• It is difficult to be natural when one is tense.
  人在紧张的时候很难泰然自若。
• She was gently massaging the tense muscles of his neck.
  她温柔地按摩着他脖子上绷紧的肌肉。

用作动词 (v.)

• She tensed, hearing that noise again.
  她再次听到那个声音就紧张起来。
• Players get very tensed up before a match.
  运动员在比赛前都感到神经紧张。

用作名词 (n.)

• The verb is in the present tense.
  这个动词使用的是现在时态。
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