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

• 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。
• It might be nerve-racking, but express your true self without thinking about how people are judging you.
  听上去可能有点神经兮兮的，但却展示了真实的你自己不愿多想别人是怎么看待你的。
• A nerve-racking wait for exam results.
  对考试成绩心神不安的等待。
• It's nerve-racking enough just to wait all day to get the news.
  等了一天的消息已经很伤脑筋了。
• 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。
• 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？
• C.At first, the experience was nerve-racking.
  开始的时候这段经历让我很伤脑筋。
• Yes, I must confess I find interviews rather nerve-racking.
  是的，我必须承认我觉得面试相当让人伤脑筋。
• 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。