tense
[tens]
adj.紧张的, 绷紧的, 拉紧的
v.拉紧, 使紧绷
n.(动词)时态
例句与用法:
Most English verbs are inflected with `-ed' in the past tense.
英语大多数动词过去式词尾均变化为-ed的形式。
Try to act naturally, even if you're tense.
即使紧张也不要做作。
The verb is in the present tense.
这个动词使用的是现在时态。
It is difficult to be natural when one is tense.
人在紧张的时候很难泰然自若。
词形变化:
副词: tensely | 形容词比较级: tenser | 形容词最高级: tensest | 名词: tenseness | 动词过去式: tensed | 动词过去分词: tensed | 动词现在分词: tensing | 动词第三人称单数: tenses |
a.
1. 拉紧的, 绷紧的
The ropes are tense.
这些绳子是拉紧的。
2. (心理或神经)紧张的; 引起紧张的
The situation suddenly became tense.
局势突然变得紧张起来。
The defendant was extremely tense.
被告极为紧张。
vt.
使拉紧, 使绷紧; 使紧张[(+up)]
All his muscles were tensed.
他的肌肉全都绷紧了。
vi.
拉紧, 绷紧; 变得紧张[(+up)]
She tensed at the approaching footsteps.
她听到越来越近的脚步声马上紧张了起来。
a.
【语】(动词的)时态, 时式[C][U]
Change this verb from the present into the past tense.
把这个动词从现在时改为过去时。
短语词组:
tense up
1. 使紧张
She's never tensed up before an examination.
考试之前她从不紧张。
tense
过去式:tensed
过去分词:tensed
现在进行时:tensing
形容词比较级:tenser
形容词最高级:tensest
词形变化:
副词: tensely | 形容词比较级: tenser | 形容词最高级: tensest | 名词: tenseness | 动词过去式: tensed | 动词过去分词: tensed | 动词现在分词: tensing | 动词第三人称单数: tenses |
同义词:
tight | taut | rigid | strained | anxious | nervous | stressed | worried | edgy | jumpy | overwrought | uptight | on edge | stiff | stretched | strain | tense up |
反义词:
relax | lax | relaxed | flabby |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.紧的
strained
stretched
tight
rigid
taut
反义:
a.拉紧的
flabby
lax
loose
tense1[tens]adj.1.■拉紧的;绷紧的2.■(神经)紧张的;焦急的3.■【语音学】(元音)紧的;舌肌紧张的(指某些元音,如he中的e)(lax之对)vt.1.■使拉紧;使绷紧(与up连用):He tensed his muscles for the leap.他绷紧肌肉准备跳跃。GRE tensed him up.GRE考试让他紧张。vi.1.■拉紧;绷紧(常与up连用):She tensed up as she heard the explosion.听到爆炸声她紧张起来。近义词tighttensed up紧张;忧虑不安变形adj.tensertensest变形vt.tensedtensing tense2[tens]n.1.■【语言学】2.■(动词的)时态;时3.■时态变化形式at prime tense立即;起先,起初
tensetense[tens]n.1.■【语】时态, 时the narrative tense陈述时the perfect tense完成时the present [past, future] tense现在[过去, 将来]时the progressive [continuous] tense进行时
继承用法tenseless[ˈtenslɪs]adj.1.■没有时态的
adjective
- (especially of a muscle or someone's body) stretched tight or rigid
(尤指肌肉、身体)拉紧的,绷紧的
she tried to relax her tense muscles.
她尽力放松紧绷的肌肉。
■(of a person) unable to relax because of nervousness, anxiety, or stimulation
(人)紧张的
he was tense with excitement.
他由于激动而紧张。
■(of a situation, event, etc.)causing or showing anxiety and nervousness
(局势、事件等)引起紧张的
relations between the two neighbouring states had been tense in recent years.
两个邻国的关系近几年来一直处于紧张状态。
■(Phonetics)(of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles stretched tight
(语音)(语音,尤指元音)紧的。 lax的反义词
- [no obj.]become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness
拉紧,绷紧;变得紧张
her body tensed up.
她的身子绷紧了。
■[with obj.]make (a muscle or one's body) tight or rigid
使拉紧,使绷紧;使紧张
carefully stretch and then tense your muscles.
小心地伸展你的肌肉然后再绷紧。
tensely
adverb
tenseness
noun
tensity
noun
- (clated).)(旧).)
- late 17th cent.: from Latin tensus 'stretched', from the verb tendere
tense2
noun
- (Grammar)a set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance or completeness) of the action in relation to the time of the utterance
(语法)(动词的)时(态)
the past tense.
过去时。
tenseless
adjective
语源
- Middle English (in the general sense 'time'): from Old French tens, from Latin tempus 'time'
tense
名词 tense:
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
动词 tense:
become stretched or tense or taught
同义词:strain
increase the tension on
become tense, nervous, or uneasy
同义词:tense up
cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
形容词 tense:
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
taut or rigid; stretched tight
tense
■Ten of the members splintered off to form another political party.
10个成员分裂出来组成了另一个政党。
■The tiny seeds planted ten years before had flowered.
10年前撒的种子这时已经开花了。
■The period of exercise was geared down to ten minutes a day for men over 60.
60岁以上的人的锻炼时间减低到每日十分钟。
■The Daily Echo has a readership of over ten million.
《每日回声报》拥有读者逾一千万人。
■How is it possible for a boy of ten to fly an airplane?
一个十岁大的男孩会开飞机,这怎么可能呢?
■A good cigarette will smoke at least ten minutes.
一支好烟至少可以抽10分钟。
■A dime is equivalent to ten pennies.
一角等于十分。
■I got up at ten last Sunday.
上星期天我十点钟起床。
■It is difficult to be natural when one is tense.
人在紧张的时候很难泰然自若。
■BJDFYHKJFZYXGSBQSY Two times what number makes ten?
什么数的两倍是十?
■He can keep up until ten o'clock tonight.
今天晚上他能坚持到10点钟不睡。
■The class has dropped below ten students this year.
今年这个班的学生降到了10人以下。
■The bank is a ten minutes' run from the hotel.
从旅馆到银行跑步需十分钟。
■He pulled in ten pounds a week.
他一星期赚10英磅。
■He will not come until, er, ten o'clock.
他不会在,呃,10点钟以前来的。
■Their first sight of land came after ten days at sea.
他们在海上十天之後首次看到陆地。
■They make a profit of ten pence on every copy they sell.
他们每售出一本获利十便士。
■Their profits have quadrupled/They have quadrupled their profits in ten years.
他们的利润十年中增长至四倍[他们使利润在十年中增长至四倍]。
■They have sold up ten crates of mineral water in the afternoon.
他们这个下午卖掉了十箱矿泉水。
■He lives in a house which was build ten years ago.
他住在一座10年前建造的房子。
■He hit upon a photo taken ten years ago.
他偶然发现一张十年前拍的照片。
■What time does he go to bed? He usually goes to bed at ten.
他几点就寝?他通常十点就寝。
■By the time he is ten, he has outgrown his older brother.
他十岁的时候就已经长得比他哥哥高了。
■He was sent down for ten years for armed robbery.
他因持械抢劫被判入狱十年。
■He got ten years (ie was sentenced to ten years in prison) for armed robbery.
他因械劫罪被判十年徒刑。
■He knocked back three pints of beer in ten minutes.
他在10分钟里喝了3品脱啤酒。
■He visited, in all, ten hospitals in China.
他在中国共参观了10家医院。
■He carried through all his homework in ten minutes.
他在十分钟内完成了所有的家庭作业。
■At ten o'clock he went home.
他在十点回家的。
■After ten years in prison, he is a free man again.
他坐了十年监狱,又成了自由人。
■He's a great man. He has soldiered on for ten years after the resection of malignant tumour.
他是个很了不起的人。切除了恶性肿瘤后他战胜种种困难已活了10年。
■He beat the other runners by a margin of ten seconds.
他比其他运动员早10秒钟到达终点。
■He spent ten minutes at the phone while the others fretted and fumed.
他用了10分钟电话机,惹得其他人十分恼火。
■He was tired enough to make ten errors in as many (=in ten) pages.
他疲倦得十页中犯了十个错误。
■His novels were in vogue ten years ago.
他的小说十年前风靡一时。
■His parents demanded that he (should) be back by ten.
他的父母要求他十点以前回家。
■He made his first public appearance when he was ten.
他第一次登台公开露面是在他10岁的时候。
■He is banished for ten year.
他被放逐了10年。
■He ordered ten cases of beaujolais and twenty cases of muscat.
他订了十箱博若莱葡萄和二十箱麝香葡萄酒。
■He had ten hours of unbroken sleep.
他连续睡了十个小时。
■He needed ten yuan to settle up this bill.
他需要十块钱来付清这一帐单。
■He gained ten dollars by this deal.
他靠这笔交易获利10美元。
■Whoever commits the crime shall be sentenced to ten years in prison.
任何人犯了此罪就要被判处十年徒刑。
■The number of your finger is ten.
你双手手指的总数是10。
■Did you know that Peter was sent up for ten years?
你知道彼得被判处10年徒刑吗?
■Can you recite the Ten Commandants?
你能背诵十诫吗?
■The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.
保持一桩恶事的代价超过于十件好事。
■Here's your bill, sir.I've added on the ten per cent service charge.
先生,这是你的账单,10%的服务费已算在里面了。
■Another ten weeks three months altogether.
再呆10个星期,一共3个月。
■Speaking from memory, I think it was ten years ago.
凭记忆讲,那是十年前的事了。
tense up
1. 使紧张
She's never tensed up before an examination.
考试之前她从不紧张。
习惯用语at prime tense1.■最初, 起先, 立即