tense
紧张的,紧张,紧张兮兮的,紧张的时候
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Definitions
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tens·er, tens·est.
- : stretched tight, as a cord, fiber, etc.; drawn taut; rigid.
- : in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
- : characterized by a strain upon the nerves or feelings: a tense moment.
- : Phonetics. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles; narrow. Compare lax.
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tensed, tens·ing.
- : to make or become tense.
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Examples
Turkish has an inferential tense marked by the suffix -miş, which you have to add to verbs whenever you are talking about something you did not personally see or something that you doubt.
Landau seemed incredibly nice, but I found the mood strangely tense.
Elections are always tense, but this year was something different.
A tense advertising landscape in fourth quarter 2019 for Dow Jones — which includes The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s — saw its digital advertising revenue tumble by 7%.
In this case, it appears those processes have failed, and at a moment when relations between China and India – both nuclear armed states – are already tense.
The gym—a fragile collective of human ecology at the best of times—has suddenly become even more tense.
A tense commute to work in Houston will start to resemble a tense commute in Boston or New York City.
Elisabetta Piqué, who knew Bergoglio well as a cardinal, writes in the present tense as if to convey real time passing.
I covered New York politics for 15 years, and I saw some awfully tense moments between the police and Democratic politicians.
Since Nestdrop continues to do so as of this writing, they wager a tense gamble that the odds will be in their favor.
Then, as the atmosphere of the room surged back, with vitality, her mind leapt forward in welcome.