tense

adjective

/tens/

(of a person人) nervous or worried, and unable to relax神经紧张的；担心的；不能松弛的
- He's a very tense person.他是个神经非常紧张的人。
- She sounded tense and angry.她的声音听起来又气又急。
- I was feeling a little tense and restless.我感到有点儿紧张不安。
- There's no point in getting tense about the situation.对形势没必要紧张。
- Try to relax. Are you always this tense?尽量放轻松。你总是这样紧张吗？
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- …
adverb
- extremely
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- …
preposition
- about
(of a situation, an event, a period of time, etc.形势、事件、时期等) in which people have strong feelings such as worry, anger, etc. that often cannot be expressed openly令人紧张的（或焦虑的、满腹愤懑的等）
- I spent a tense few weeks waiting for the results of the tests.等候测试结果的这几个星期里我寝食不安。
- The atmosphere in the meeting was getting more and more tense.会议的气氛越来越紧张。
- Relations between the two leaders are visibly tense.两位领导人的关系明显紧张。
- The situation grew increasingly tense.形势越来越紧张。
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verbs
- be
- feel
- look
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- about
(of a muscle or other part of the body肌肉或身体部位) tight rather than relaxed绷紧的；不松弛的
- A massage will relax those tense muscles.按摩会使紧张的肌肉松弛。
(of wire, etc.金属丝等) stretched tightly拉紧的；绷紧的 synonym taut
(phonetics语音学) (of a speech sound语音) produced with the muscles of the speech organs stretched tight 紧的；紧张音的opposite lax

词源adjective late 17th cent.: from Latin tensus ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.

tense

noun

/tens/

(grammar语法)

any of the forms of a verb that may be used to show the time of the action or state expressed by the verb（动词的）时，时态
- the past/present/future tense过去／现在／将来时态
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- ‘Have’ is the auxiliary verb used to form perfect tenses.have 是用来构成完成时态的助动词。
- In the sentence ‘I fed the cat’, ‘fed’ is in the past tense.在句子 I fed the cat 中，fed 是过去时。
- the present tense marker ‘s’现在时的标志 s
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- future
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- …
verb + tense
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tense + noun
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- in the… tense
词源noun Middle English (in the general sense ‘time’): from Old French tens, from Latin tempus ‘time’.

tense

verb

/tens/

[transitive, intransitive]

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they tense	/tens/ /tens/
he / she / it tenses	/ˈtensɪz/ /ˈtensɪz/
past simple tensed	/tenst/ /tenst/
past participle tensed	/tenst/ /tenst/
-ing form tensing	/ˈtensɪŋ/ /ˈtensɪŋ/

Idioms

if you tense your muscles, or you or your muscles tense, they become tight and stiff, especially because you are not relaxed（使肌肉）拉紧，绷紧
- tense something/yourself (up) She tensed her muscles in anticipation of the blow.眼看要挨打，她绷紧了肌肉。
- He tensed himself, listening to see if anyone had followed him.他竖起耳朵谛听是否有人跟踪。
- Expecting a blow, she tensed every muscle in her body.她绷紧了全身肌肉，准备接受打击。
- tense (up) His muscles tensed as he got ready to run.他准备起跑时肌肉绷紧了。
- She tensed, hearing the strange noise again.再次听到那个奇怪的声音，她紧张起来。
词源verb late 17th cent.: from Latin tensus ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.

Idioms

be/get tensed up

to become or feel nervous or worried so that you cannot relax变得神经紧张；变得焦虑不安
- I was so tensed up during the flight.我在飞行中非常紧张。

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