nail-biting   美 ['nɛlbaɪtɪŋ]

nail-biting

nail-biting  美 ['nɛlbaɪtɪŋ]

n. 束手无策;咬指甲癖 

After you survive a series of nail-biting experiences that turn out to be nothing to worry about, your mind will say, “See I told you so.” 当你从一系列最初束手无策、后来又发现没什么可担心的经历中解脱出来后,你的脑海中会说:“看见没? 我就说过会这样。”
With professional advice, you can often dramatically lessen the amount of nail-biting and red ink you have to endure before the business takes hold. 在公司站稳脚之前,有了专家建议你通常就可以大大减少束手无策和财政赤字的困扰。

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  • n. 束手无策;咬指甲癖
  • 1. After you survive a series of nail-biting experiences that turn out to be nothing to worry about, your mind will say, “See I told you so.”

    当你从一系列最初束手无策、后来又发现没什么可担心的经历中解脱出来后,你的脑海中会说:“看见没? 我就说过会这样。”

  • 2. With professional advice, you can often dramatically lessen the amount of nail-biting and red ink you have to endure before the business takes hold.

    在公司站稳脚之前,有了专家建议你通常就可以大大减少束手无策和财政赤字的困扰。

  • 3. That part of the project also tested my patience and commitment until one day in 2003 I began a nail-biting countdown to the launch of the experiment I’d named Phoenix.

    这一点对我的耐性和决心也构成一个考验。 终于,2003年,我开始紧张倒数计时的那一天来到了——我将发射被我命名为“凤凰”的这枚试验火箭。

ˈnail-biting / ; NAmE / adjective [usually before noun ] making you feel very excited or anxious because you do not know what is going to happen 令人焦躁不安的;令人紧张的 a nail-biting finish 令人担心的结局 It's been a nail-biting couple of weeks waiting for my results. 这两个星期等结果,弄得我坐立不安。 ˈnail-biting / ; NAmE /
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