tense

• Now she tensed herself for one final effort .
  这时她用足了劲，准备作最后一次努力。
• Foreign exchange trading is a lively and tense job .
  外汇买卖是一项灵活而紧张的工作。
• He was quiet, reasonable, and only a little tense .
  他言语冷静，有理有据，但稍有点紧张。
• He was quite warm and tense nowalmost nervous .
  现在他真是又兴奋，又紧张--几乎焦急起来。
• The ribs stood out so that the skin over them was tense .
  肋骨那么鼓凸，皮肤紧紧地绷在上面。
• The situation is getting tense .
  风声很紧。
• She was very tense , but she preserved an appearance of nonchalance .
  可外表却装着满不在乎的样子。
• Nearby a door opened and closed, leaving me as tense as ever .
  邻近的一扇门开了又关上了，我依旧忐忑不安。
• Things were tense in the white house in the few days after christmas .
  圣诞节以后几天，白宫的气氛很紧张。
• They arrived at the white house, proud, tense and unsure .
  他们来到白宫，总是带着高傲，紧张而又没有把握的神情。