nerve-racking

adj.

1. 令人十分紧张的；令人焦虑不安的
   making you feel very nervous and worried

1. ADJ-GRADED 使人焦虑的;使人十分紧张的
   A nerve-racking situation or experience makes you feel very tense and worried.
   1. The women and children spent a nerve-racking day outside waiting while fighting continued around them...
      女人和孩子们在外面紧张不安地挨过了一天，而战斗仍在她们身边继续。
   2. It was more nerve-wracking than taking a World Cup penalty.
      这比在世界杯上罚点球还扣人心弦。

1. The women and children spent a nerve-racking day outside waiting while fighting continued around them
   女人和孩子们在外面紧张不安地挨过了一天，而战斗仍在她们身边继续。
2. He had no thoughts save for the nerve-racking, body-destroying toil.
   在这儿只有折磨神经戕害身体的苦工，没有思想。
3. It is a fairly nerve-racking procedure if done by hand, but it definitely increases your confidence in dealing with the rest of the installation.
   如果用手工完成的话，这是一个相当伤脑筋的过程，但是也的确可以增加您在处理其余安装方面的自信。
4. Especially in a nerve-racking setting, like a job interview?
   尤其在一个让人紧张的场合，比如工作面试？
5. It might be nerve-racking, but express your true self without thinking about how people are judging you.
   听上去可能有点神经兮兮的，但却展示了真实的你自己不愿多想别人是怎么看待你的。
6. He faced a nerve-racking wait for her test results.
   他正在紧张地等待考试结果。
7. Where have you slipped up in the past? One reason public speaking is so nerve-racking is because there's so much to manage& your presence, your words, your delivery, and your reaction.
   演讲之所以让人神经紧张，是因为演讲过程中要掌控的东西很多&你的仪态、用词、讲话和反应。
8. Designed to elicit intense excitement and nerve-racking tension, thrillers create suspense by placing the protagonist in a perilous situation from which escape seems impossible.
   恐怖片旨在引起观众强烈的感官刺激，挑起神经撕裂般的紧张，影片把主角置身于似乎无法逃离的险境中来制造悬念。
9. But relying on allies who do not wish to come forward until the last minute is always a nerve-racking proposition.
   但对于民主党来说，指望有盟友能在最后一刻挺身而出反对这一议案实在是一件伤脑筋的事。
10. I'm having my surgery tomorrow, and while it's always a little nerve-racking to go under the knife, I'm excited to take the first step towards getting healthy and getting back on the court.
    我明天就要做手术了，尽管要动刀时总是让人很头疼，但我还是很兴奋能迈出让我恢复健康并回到场上的第一步。
11. Must be pretty nerve-racking to be the last two today.
    作为今天最后两个一定非常痛苦。
12. C.At first, the experience was nerve-racking.
    开始的时候这段经历让我很伤脑筋。
13. Although we were warned of the dreadful bite of the Rat, most of us were not prepared at all for the upheavals and nerve-racking crises that shook the world in2008.
    我们都知道让鼠咬之可怕，但2008年带来剧变、叫人伤神的世界危机是多数人始料不及的。
14. Ah, what a nerve-racking thing, meeting your future in-laws.
    呃，会见未来的亲家真是一件伤脑筋的事。
15. It's nerve-racking enough just to wait all day to get the news.
    等了一天的消息已经很伤脑筋了。
16. Driving through snowstorm on icy roads for long distances is a most nerve-racking experience.
    在暴风雪中驱车长距离地行驶于冰雪覆盖的路面上是一种令人非常紧张的经历。
17. Fundamentalist life can be nerve-racking, but fundamentalists can reduce the cost of risk-bearing by simply not following day-by-day price fluctuations too closely.
    基本面分析派的生活可能会很伤脑筋，但他们可以降低负担风险的代价，只要不过于密切地追踪每日价格波动。
18. A fact of life for the conference interpreter in China, however, is the omnipresent mobile phone and its nerve-racking disturbances.
    在中国一个让译员头疼但又无法逃避的问题就是无所不在的手机干扰。
19. Yes, I must confess I find interviews rather nerve-racking.
    是的，我必须承认我觉得面试相当让人伤脑筋。
20. The first half of 2002 was particularly nerve-racking.
    2002年上半年尤其令人伤脑筋。
21. Waiting to find out whether the sellers would accept our purchase offer was nerve-racking.
    等候知道卖方是不是愿意接受我们买方提出的条件真令人心焦。
22. Nerve-racking noise; the stressful days before a war; a trying day at the office.
    令人头疼的噪音；战争前的那些紧张的日子；办公室里紧张的一天。
23. With such a slender lead, there were bound to be nerve-racking moments as the game entered it's final phases.
    带着这样微小的优势，曼联进入了令人紧张的最后时刻。
24. These frenzies were nerve-racking because oftentimes I didn't know why he was crying or how to make him stop.
    这种狂怒是对精神的一种折磨，因为大多数时间我都不明白他为什么要哭、怎么才能叫他停下来。
25. An interview should be viewed as an opportunity to show an employer what you have to offer, rather than as a nerve-racking ordeal.
    面试应该视为向雇主展示你能力的机会，而不是伤脑筋的考验。
26. I knew this first one was going to be really nerve-racking.
    我知道第一首曲子很难选。
27. A nerve-racking wait for exam results.
    对考试成绩心神不安的等待。

adj

1. extremely irritating to the nerves
   1. nerve-racking noise
   2. the stressful days before a war
   3. a trying day at the office

   Synonym:    nerve-wrackingstressfultrying