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词汇 tensely
释义 tensely
adverb
uk /ˈtens.li/ us /ˈtens.li/

tenselyadverb (NERVOUSLY)


in a worried or nervous way: 紧张地
They all waited tensely for the verdict. 他们都在紧张地等待着裁决。
The tenants had refused to pay their rent and were tensely waiting for something nasty to happen.
Tensely they waited, expecting to be discovered at any moment.
Both sides tensely watched the totals in a painfully close vote.
Nursing homes wait tensely for flu vaccine.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Anxious and worried
(all) hot and botheredidiom
aflutter
agitated
angsty
anxious
fretfully
frightened
fuss
get in a sweatidiom
goosey
pit of your stomachidiom
preoccupied
prey
prey on sb's mindidiom
prey on something
worried
worriedly
worrier
worrywart
wound up

tenselyadverb (STRETCHED)


with the muscles in your body or part of your body stretched tight and stiff: 紧张地
Don't clench your jaw too tensely. 不要太紧张地咬紧下巴。
See
tense
On the stage he would stand stiffly, tensely in place.
She was sitting tensely on the gilt chair.
His eyes bulged in his head, his lips were tensely pursed.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Tight and tightening
astringency
chokehold
close-fitting
fast
inelasticity
retighten
skinny
stiffen
strain
straitly
super-tight
tauten
tautly
tense
tight
tight-fitting
tighten
tighten something up
tightly
tightness

tensely | American Dictionary


tensely
adverb
us/ˈtens·li/

tenselyadverb (IN STIFF WAY)


in a tight or stiff way:
Don't hold your shoulders so tensely.

tenselyadverb (IN NERVOUS WAY)


in a way that is nervous or anxious:
He was embarrassed and replied tensely to the question.

Examples of tensely


tensely
A separate unit houses another motor, across which four strips of oxidised 35 mm film are tensely looped.
Not only that, its use pollutes the atmosphere in tensely.
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I am simply piecing together the evidence that there is to show that the opposition to this scheme is universal and tensely felt.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The issue is debated tensely in the profession and feelings run high on both sides of the argument.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
In these last four digital projections, a large glass globe seesaws tensely back and forth over a central fulcrum.
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Wikipedia

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He removes his clothes and tensely waits for her.
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While listening, he leans forward tensely, with his hands clasped below his knees like a prizefighter waiting in his corner for the bell...
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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