uptight
英 [ˌʌpˈtaɪt]
美 [ˌʌpˈtaɪt]
adj. 紧张不安的; 愤怒的; 局促的; 拘谨的; 紧张的
BNC.22855 / COCA.17666
牛津词典
adj.
- 紧张不安的；愤怒的
anxious and/or angry about sth- Relax! You're getting too uptight about it.
轻松点儿！你对这事太紧张了。
- Relax! You're getting too uptight about it.
- 局促的；拘谨的；紧张的
nervous about showing your feelings- an uptight teenager
腼腆的少年
- an uptight teenager
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 紧张不安的；忧虑的;易怒的
Someone who isuptightis tense, nervous, or annoyed about something and so is difficult to be with.- Penny never got uptight about exams...
彭妮从来不会因为考试而紧张。 - I tend to get very uptight during a match.
比赛时我总会紧张得不行。
- Penny never got uptight about exams...
英英释义
adj
- being in a tense state
双语例句
- 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。 - He's feeling a bit uptight about his exam tomorrow.
他因明天的考试而感到有点紧张。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Is it any wonder that I feel uptight?
我感到紧张不安这有什么奇怪的吗？ - B: I had my reasons. Don't be so uptight.
乙：我有我的原因，别这么紧张。 - 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。