It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.
就好像科琳已经死了似的:他们当时在用过去时态谈起她。
Until the moment everyone started telling me to mellow out, I had never been tense for a single moment in my life.
直到每个人开始叫我放松那一刻,我一生中还从来没有一刻紧张过。
The relation between employees and employers is becoming tense.
员工和雇主之间的关系变得紧张起来。
She was very tense, but she preserved an appearance of nonchalance.
她内心很紧张,可外表却装着满不在乎的样子。
When we knocked on her door, she seemed tense but allowed us in any way.
当我们去敲她的门时,她似乎很紧张,但还是让我们进去了。
Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates and how they'll change America.
在这场漫长而紧张的选举中,每个人都在关注总统候选人,关注他们将如何改变美国。
In countries like India, that call could become a tool to aggravate an already tense political situation and stress already undernourished populations.
在印度这样的国家,这一呼吁可能成为一种手段,进一步恶化紧张的政治局势,加剧已经营养不良的人口问题。
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。
She coveted his job so openly that their conversations were tense.
她如此公开地对他的工作垂涎三尺,以至两人之间的谈话很紧张。
'I am' is the first person singular of the present tense of the verb 'to be'.
Iam是动词to be现在时的第一人称单数。
'I have eaten' is the present perfect tense of the verb 'to eat', 'I had eaten' is the past perfect and 'I will have eaten' is the future perfect.
Ihave eaten是动词eat的现在完成时;Ihad eaten是过去完成时;Iwill have eaten是将来完成时。
I didn't mind having a tense relationship with my brother because I was involved at school.
我并不介意与哥哥的关系紧张,因为我在学校很忙。
Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense.
我们的心跳加快,肌肉也紧绷起来。
When she saw me watching, she gave me the universal tense look of mothers who feel they are being judged.
当她看到我在看她的时候,她给了我一种常见的紧张表情,就像那些觉得自己受到别人批评的母亲一样。
Younger writers use more negative and past-tense words than older writers who use more positive and future-tense words.
年轻作家使用更多的否定式和过去式词汇,而年长的作家使用更多的肯定式和未来式词汇。
Older generations often talk about their degree in the present and personal tense: 'I am a geographer' or 'I am a classist.'
老一代人经常用个人化的、现在时的口吻谈论他们的学历:“我是一个地理学家”,或者“我是一个古典学研究者。”
A tense stand-off gripped Thailand.
拉紧疏远距离的泰国。
Gestures should be relaxed, not tense or rigid.
手势要轻松,不要紧张或僵硬。
Is it relaxing, energizing, or making you tense?
它使你放松,充满活力,还是让你感到紧张?
His humorous remark lightened the tense atmosphere.
他的一番幽默的话缓和了紧张气氛。
The city remains tense as another week of defiance dawns.
当另一个公然反抗的一周开始时,这座城市仍然维持着紧张的气氛。
He said the Arab state of affairs remains troubled and tense.
他说,阿拉伯事务的状态仍然是麻烦的、紧张的。
Her words lacked joy, and her hands seemed tense, not relaxed.
她的话语里缺少快乐,手看上去紧张不放松。
After tense negotiations, the Cuban missile crisis is defused.
经紧张谈判后,古巴核危机得以缓和。
When we knocked on her door, she seemed tense, but allowed us in anyway.
当我们去敲门时,她显得有点紧张,但还是让我们进屋了。
My comrades and the Cambodian warrior sleep. I'm tense and suffering.
我的同仁们和那个柬埔寨人都睡着了,我却疼得浑身紧绷。
Your heightened alertness will enable you to be more relaxed and less tense.
加强防范,会让你多点轻松,少些紧张。
The morning I described above still makes me tense up some 7 years later.
文章开头我描述的那个早上,在7年之后想起来仍然令我神经紧张。
Conditions on the ground remained confused and tense in Libya on Friday night.
利比亚周五晚上的地面状况依旧混乱和紧张。
Never-theless, it seems right to speak of incandescent bulbs in the past tense.
不过,说白炽灯泡已经处于过去时,似乎是对的。
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