uptight

adj.

1. 紧张不安的；愤怒的
   anxious and/or angry about sth
   1. Relax! You're getting too uptight about it.
      轻松点儿！你对这事太紧张了。
2. 局促的；拘谨的；紧张的
   nervous about showing your feelings
   1. an uptight teenager
      腼腆的少年

1. ADJ-GRADED 紧张不安的；忧虑的;易怒的
   Someone who is uptight is tense, nervous, or annoyed about something and so is difficult to be with.
   1. Penny never got uptight about exams...
      彭妮从来不会因为考试而紧张。
   2. I tend to get very uptight during a match.
      比赛时我总会紧张得不行。

1. I grew to dislike the people from my background — they were rather uptight and prissy.
   我变得讨厌和我有着同样出身背景的人——他们太保守、太一本正经了。
2. I get a bit uptight these days. Hormones, I suppose
   这些天我有点焦躁。我看是荷尔蒙在作怪。
3. Penny never got uptight about exams
   彭妮从来不会因为考试而紧张。
4. I tend to get very uptight during a match.
   比赛时我总会紧张得不行。
5. Tonight he is manic, wired and uptight.
   今晚，他躁动不安，紧张兮兮的。
6. M: I don't always drink when I feel uptight.
   L：Michael，你得小心，不要在感到紧张的时候为了放松而喝酒。
7. Is it any wonder that I feel uptight?
   我感到紧张不安这有什么奇怪的吗？
8. I can't picture your uptight brother smoking a joint.
   我想你那保守的哥哥肯定不会抽***。
9. I am the uptight, stressed-out wife you ways wanted.
   我是那个你想要的烦躁，有压力的妻子。
10. M: Hmph. You ''re never this uptight when you are with your Chinese friends.
    L：跟中国朋友在一起我当然不紧张咯，我跟他们都很熟嘛。
11. I'm so uptight. I just can't seem to relax.
    我是如此地焦虑，好像无法使心情放松。
12. You were just so uptight then. you're much softer now.
    那个时候你太焦躁了，现在和蔼多了。
13. I remember him when he was an uptight teenager.
    我还记得他那腼腆少年的模样。
14. I didn't figure him to be so uptight.
    我也觉得他不是保守派。
15. You mean, if don't get so uptight about being anxious, I'll be less anxious?
    你的意思是，如果对焦虑不是那么紧张，我的焦虑就会少些？
16. B: I had my reasons. Don't be so uptight.
    乙：我有我的原因，别这么紧张。
17. Try being low-key and open rather than uptight and defensive.
    试着低调一点，开放一点，而不是紧张和保守。
18. If you are uptight with each other, don't do it.
    如果你对自己的爱人感到焦躁不安，那么不要一起工作；
19. He was very uptight about people smoking in his house.
    他对那些在他房间里抽烟的人感到很厌烦。
20. Be uptight about sex Every good, true, vigorous feeling I had gathered came impulsively round him.
    对【性】感到紧张我的一切良好、真诚而又强烈的感情都紧紧围绕着他涌现出来。
21. He gets so uptight about the slightest difficulty.
    他对一点点困难也会感到非常紧张。
22. Throughout the time of the Olympics I felt uptight about all the different types of security guards.
    贯穿整个奥运会，我感觉异常紧张的并不一样的安全保卫类型。
23. You get so uptight whenever I raise the subject.
    每当我提起那个问题，你就那么紧张不安。
24. He's feeling a bit uptight about his exam tomorrow.
    他因明天的考试而感到有点紧张。
25. Teachers and middle-class parents undervalue kids'preferences, but I think we need to give up being so uptight about children's choices in books.
    教师和中产阶级父母低估了孩子的偏好，但我认为我们需要放弃我们对孩子选择书籍的严格管束。
26. Which, of course, turns me into a different kind of uptight, judgmental Christian.
    这一点，也使得我变成了另一种保守而易论断他人的基督徒。
27. You automatically get uptight and nervous.
    你不由自主地感到焦虑和紧张起来。
28. My ex-boss was a very uptight person.
    我的前任老板是一个很爱烦躁的人。
29. Which was all very British and uptight of me.
    我这么做倒是非常英国和保守。
30. He seemed very uptight about my being there.
    我在那儿，他似乎非常不自在。

adj

1. being in a tense state

   Synonym:    edgyhigh-strunghighly strungjitteryjumpynervyoverstrungrestive