音标:['ʌp'tait] ;
a. 紧张的, 拮据的, 心情焦躁的
s being in a tense state

考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
形容词100%

uptight的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. She was uptight about the interview.她对面谈感到紧张。
  2. Please reassure the owners and managers not to get so uptight about something that makes the day a little pleasant.请提醒老板们,经理们,不要对那些能使一天的气氛轻松起来的小事过分紧张。
  3. My ex-boss was a very uptight person.我的前任老板是一个很爱烦躁的人。

经典引文

  • We just sleep wherever is convenient, and nobody gets uptight about it.

    出自:F. Pohl
  • Why are you always so uptight about sex or men?

    出自:G. Naylor
  • Blacks are more natural than uptight whites.

    出自:New Statesman
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absorbent structure
Actavis
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American share certificate
ano-rectal syndrome
Ban Tongteng
band of Broca
be up before
BL-S
bowing of loading
Boys will be boys.
brandise
Butomus
cacio viterbo cheese
calling it
card access
cheap like borscht
close ... heart
cold critical
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deviation from pulse flatness
double-coincidence of need
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enclosed machine
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rodat
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sar chah-e khoshab
Sebâa Aioun
shake sb to the very roots of his being
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squib switch
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