英语释义

• extremely irritating to the nerves;

  "nerve-racking noise"

  "the stressful days before a war"

  "a trying day at the office"

英汉例句

• the beak-nosed pot-bellied miscreant had a habit of breaking into a nerve-wracking cackle whenever the mood struck his flighty little brain.

  这个尖鼻子、圆肚子的无赖习惯于随心所欲地爆发出令人头疼的尖笑。

• after nearly three decades of rule and 18 days of nerve-wracking tumult, hosni mubarak had resigned as their president, formally handing power to the army’s supreme command.

  在将近30年的统治和18天伤透脑筋的骚乱以后，穆巴拉克辞去总统职务，正式将权利移交军方。

• making small talk with people you don「t know well, such as your boss or a blind date, can be nerve-wracking especially if you want to make a good impression.

  其实，和别人聊天不一定是件痛苦的事，即便对方是你期待能对你留下好印象的老板，抑或是你希望能多见面的相亲对象。

• freshman year at college is a very exciting but nerve-wracking experience.

  大学第一年令人兴奋，同时也令人伤脑筋。

• this handy step-by-step guide should help you get through even the most nerve-wracking introductions.

  方便的一步步的引导将帮助你通过甚至是让人头疼的介绍。

• standing on the stage in front of the judges was one of the most nerve-wracking experiences of my life!

  我这辈子最紧张的时刻就是站在台上面对评委们时！

• when an interviewer pops this nerve-wracking query, your body language counts as well.

  当面试官突然提出这样的刁鉆问题时，你的身体体语言也能反映一些问题。

• this is another risk to pakistan」s nerve-wracking stability, but perhaps the easiest to contain.

  这是危及巴基斯坦令人伤神的稳定的另一个因素，但也许是最容易解决的一个。

• therefore, to some people the process of applying for a job can be nerve-wracking and incredibly difficult.

  因此，对于一些人来说，找工作的过程既令人头疼也有着无法想象的难度。

• i did my first assignment for the presidential fitness council, and i must say it is a very nerve-wracking process of trying to write something that may eventually reach the president…kinda weird.

  我为总统健康委员会做了第一份作业，我不得不说尝试着写一些最终可能会交到总统手里的东西是一个非常伤脑筋的过程……有点不可思议。

• homes, churches, shops; all are built within a huge collection of towering rocks that give the place a very odd and slightly nerve-wracking feel.

  民居、教堂、商铺等等所有都建在一大片巨石中，这给人一种奇怪或者古怪的感觉甚至会有些头疼。

• it's all right to hold your breath though. it can be nerve-wracking .

  现在你可以屏住呼吸了，因为你接下去的任务是非常伤脑筋的。

• on the nerve-wracking eve of his new, big show, i have just told the 88-year old father of pop art that there is a mistake in one of his prints (this one is an inkjet solvent print).

  在这令人神经极度紧张的，新的大展开幕前夕，我刚刚告诉了这位88岁高龄的波普艺术之父在他的印刷上有个错误（这件作品是用溶剂喷墨打印的）。

• the most nerve-wracking time for many, though, is waiting for their scores from the sat, a test that has a tremendous impact on which schools will accept them.

  然而最让人伤脑筋的还是等待sat成绩的时刻，这个成绩在很大程度上决定了他们将被哪些学校录取。

相似词

anxious焦虑的；担忧的；渴望的；急切的

creepy诡异的；令人毛骨悚然的；爬行的

disquieting使不安；使忧虑（disquiet的ing形式）

distressful苦难重重的；使苦恼的；不幸的

distressing使痛苦；迫使（distress的ing形式）；使困苦

disturbing干扰；打断（disturb的ing形式）

fraught充满……的；焦虑的，担心的；注定导致……的；造成紧张的；受忧虑影响的

hairy(Hairy)人名；(法)艾里

nervous神经的；紧张不安的；强健有力的

restless焦躁不安的；不安宁的；得不到满足的

tense时态

uneasy不舒服的；心神不安的；不稳定的

unsettling令人不安（或紧张、担忧）的；扰乱的

worrisome令人担心的，使人发愁的，让人焦虑的

相反词

comfortable盖被

easyad 不费力地，从容地

peaceful和平的，爱好和平的；平静的

quiet使平息；安慰

quieting使安静；减轻（quiet 的现在分词）

tranquil平静的；镇静的；稳定的