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ADJ-GRADED
(局勢、時期)令人緊張的，讓人焦慮的
A tense situation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next.
例句
This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks...
這一友好姿態基本上沒有改善會談的緊張氣氛。
After three very tense weeks he phoned again...
過了緊張不安的 3 個星期，他又一次打來電話。
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ADJ-GRADED
緊張的;焦慮的;無法放松的
If you are tense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax.
例句
Dart, who had at first been very tense, at last relaxed.
起初，達特非常緊張，最后終于放松了下來。
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ADJ-GRADED
(肌肉)緊張的，繃緊的
If your body is tense, your muscles are tight and not relaxed.
例句
She lay, eyes shut, body tense...
她躺著，雙目緊閉，全身繃直。
A bath can relax tense muscles.
洗個澡可以放松緊張的肌肉。
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V-ERG
（使）（肌肉）緊張，繃緊
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.
例句
Newman's stomach muscles tensed...
紐曼的腹肌繃緊了。
He tensed as the big West Indian gripped his shoulder...
那個大塊頭西印度群島土著人抓住他的肩膀時，他渾身緊張起來。
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N-COUNT
(動詞的)時，時態
The tense of a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time.
例句
It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.
科琳娜好像已經去世了：他們談論她時用的是過去時。