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。

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 pke 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。

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 pke 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。

【近义词】

• nervous
• uneasy

【反义词】

• loose
• relaxed