 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(yùn)會(huì)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(jī)奪得冠軍，并打破奧運(yùn)會(huì)紀(jì)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(bào)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(shí)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(guān)于貿(mào)易協(xié)議已經(jīng)簽定的聲明結(jié)束了華爾街一星期的焦慮不安。） |
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