• tense /tɛns/           CET4 TEM4 [ tensing tensed tenser tenses tensest ]

  • 1

    形容词 A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next. 令人紧张的 (形势、时期等)

    This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks.

    这一友好姿态对改善谈判的紧张气氛几乎没起什么作用。

  • 2

    形容词 If you are tense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax. (人) 紧张的

    Mark, who had at first been very tense, at last relaxed.

    马克起初非常紧张，最后终于放松了。

  • 3

    形容词 If your body is tense, your muscles are tight and not relaxed. (肌肉) 紧绷的

    A bath can relax tense muscles.

    泡个澡能放松紧绷的肌肉。

  • 4

    及物动词/不及物动词 If your muscles tense, if you tense, or if you tense your muscles, your muscles become tight and stiff, often because you are anxious or frightened. 使 (肌肉) 绷紧; 绷紧

    Newman's stomach muscles tensed.

    纽曼的腹部肌肉绷紧了。

  • 5

    动词词组 Tense up means the same as . 绷紧

    When we are under stress our bodies tend to tense up.

    当我们处在压力之下时，我们的身体往往会绷紧。

  • 6

    可数名词 The tense of a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time. (动词的) 时态

    It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.

    就好像科琳已经死了似的：他们当时在用过去时态谈起她。

tense[tens]

• n.
  • 1

    a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

• v.
  • 1

    become stretched or tense or taught

    the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed

    同义词： strain

  • 2

    increase the tension on

    alternately relax and tense your calf muscle ; tense the rope manually before tensing the spring

  • 3

    become tense, nervous, or uneasy

    He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room

    同义词： tense up

  • 4

    cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

    he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up

    同义词： strain / tense up

• adj.
  • 1

    in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

  • 2

    pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

  • 3

    taut or rigid; stretched tight

    tense piano strings

• 语言学

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    It also tries to seek rhetorical use of non-past tense from literary level.

    试图从文学语句这一层次来探求非过去时的修辞作用。

    参考来源非过去时在一人称小说中营造的紧迫感

  • (元音)紧的；舌肌紧张的(指某些元音，如he中的e)(lax之对)

  • 时态

• 能源科学技术

  • 拉紧的

• 医药科学

  • 紧张的

• 计算机科学技术

  • 时态

• 时态

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• 紧张的

  • 紧张的；强烈的；热情的；极其的 [记]内心(in)和紧张(tense)，有强烈的情绪，会表现得极其热情。 [辨]作为“紧张”的意思时，tense和intense没有大区别。

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• 拉紧的

  • ... tensive张力的（强调物质性的） tense拉紧的（强调物质性的，肌肉绷紧，也可指精神紧张） device装置，设备（强调具体的东西） ...

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• 焦虑的

  • ... tostartwith首先 tense紧张的；焦虑的 home-made自制的；家里做的 ...

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短语
• present tense
  现在时 | 现在时态 | 一般现在时
• past tense
  过去时 | 过去式 | 过去时态 | 芳邻疑影
• Simple Future Tense
  一般将来时 | 一般将来时态 | 将来 | 例二一般将来时
• Perfect Tense
  完成式 | 完成时态 | 完成时
• present continuous tense
  现在进行时 | 现在进行式 | 进行时 | 现在进行时态
• future perfect tense
  将来完成时 | 未来完成时 | 将来完成式 | 完成式
• Simple Past Tense
  去时
• Simple present tense
  一般现在时 | 一般现在时态 | 现在式 | 时态
• past continuous tense
  过去进行时 | 过去进行式 | 去进行时 | 进行时

词根：tense

• adj.

  • tensed 紧的；紧张的

    tensional 张力的；紧张的

• adv.

  • tensely 紧张地；拉紧地

• n.

  • tension 张力，拉力；紧张，不安；电压

    tensor [数] 张量；[解剖] 张肌

    tenseness 紧张；绷紧

    tensity 紧张度，紧张

• v.

  • tensed 拉紧；变为紧张（tense的过去分词）

• vt.

  • tension 使紧张；使拉紧

• adj.

  • 紧张的；拉紧的

    intense / stressed

• vt.

  • 变得紧张；使拉紧

    get nervous

• vi.

  • 拉紧，变得紧张

    strain / get nervous