tense的意思

基本释义

• adj 紧张的；拉紧的

  a tense situation is one in which you feel very anxious and worried because of something bad that might happen

• v 变得紧张；使拉紧

  If your muscles tense, if you tense, or if you tense your muscles, your muscles become tight and stiff, often because you are anxious or frightened

• n 时态

  any of the forms of a verb that show the time, continuance, or completion of an action or state that is expressed by the verb. ‘I am’ is in the present tense, ‘I was’ is past tense, and ‘I will be’ is future tense.

例句

1. Is anything wrong? You look a little tense.

   有什么不对劲吗？你看起来有点紧张。

2. Newman's stomach muscles tensed.

   纽曼的腹部肌肉绷紧了。

短语

• past tense 过去式
• tensed up [口]紧张的；[口]忧虑不安
• present tense [语]现在式时态
• future tense 未来式；[语法]将来时态
• present perfect tense 现在完成式

近义词

同根词