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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Although we were warned of the dreadful bite of the Rat, most of us were not prepared at all for the upheavals and nerve-racking crises that shook the world in2008.
  我们都知道让鼠咬之可怕，但2008年带来剧变、叫人伤神的世界危机是多数人始料不及的。
• 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。
• He faced a nerve-racking wait for her test results.
  他正在紧张地等待考试结果。
• 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。
• A nerve-racking wait for exam results.
  对考试成绩心神不安的等待。
• 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。
• 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。