如坐针毡的英文怎么说
雅思自学是很难的,在雅思考试中,雅思听力考试是雅思听说读写四部分考试的第1项,要想提高雅思听力成绩,平时的词汇积累很重要。下文中新航道上海学校小编整理了雅思听力相关词汇-如坐针毡的英文,当然词汇量达到了,在听力的过程中每个词汇也都懂,可是连在一起却听不懂,其实在备考雅思听力过程中多记忆一些关键词,在考试中会起到非常重要的作用,小编提醒大家在学习时,一定要有的放矢,重点把握。
1如坐针毡的英文:
[Literal Meaning]
like/sit/needle/mat
to be on a mat of needles
[解释]
形容心神不定,坐立不安。
[Explanation]
to be on tenterhooks
[例子]
知道自己的谎言被经理揭穿了,他如坐针毡,头上也冒出汗来。
[Example]
Knowing that his lie was revealed by the manager, he is on tenterhooks and sweat appeared on his head.
[英文等价词]
on pins and needles
a bed of nails
be on the anxious bench
be on thorns
lie on a bed of thorns
on pins and needles
on the anxious seat
sit on thorns
2如坐针毡的英文参考例句:
The two persons looked at each other as if they had ants in their pants.
他俩面面相觑,如坐针毡。
We were kept on tenterhooksfor hours while the judges were deciding the winners.
我们在等待裁判员裁决出优胜者,几个小时如坐针毡.