Nail-biting: 令人神經(jīng)緊張的
Nail-biting: 令人神經(jīng)緊張的
[ 2004-08-18 08:53 ]
在8月16日的奧運會男子200米自由泳決賽中,澳大利亞“魚雷”索普以1分44秒71的成績奪得冠軍,并打破奧運會紀錄。荷蘭選手霍根班德和美國選手菲爾普斯分別獲得銀牌和銅牌。外電報道如下:Australian Ian Thorpe beat arch-rival Michael Phelps in a nail-biting Olympic men's 200-meter freestyle final on Monday between the four fastest swimmers in history. Nail-biting的原意是“因焦慮而咬指甲的行為; 咬指甲癖”,這里用的是它的引申義“令人焦慮的,令人神經(jīng)緊張的”。此外,nail-biting作名詞時表示“焦慮,束手無策”,例如:Washington's announcement that the trade agreement had been signed ended a week of nail-biting on Wall Street.(美國政府關于貿易協(xié)議已經(jīng)簽定的聲明結束了華爾街一星期的焦慮不安。) |
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