今日短语 英语表达 to be on tenterhooks 的意思是“惶恐不安、提心吊胆”。据说以前英国纺织厂有一种叫“tenter”的木制框架，可以把织好的布用许多 ...

可以翻译为“be fidgety or restless”，与英文习语“be on tenterhooks”意思相近，表示“waiting nervously for something to happen”。 例句： 整个星期我都在坐立不安，等待结果出来。 I've been on tenterhooks all week waiting for the results. 我父亲看起来坐立不安。

Investors are on tenterhooks Wednesday for an auction of 40-year Japanese government bonds as volatility in the nation’s ...

HONG KONG, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Chinese real estate developers are delaying their debt restructuring moves until after the upcoming Communist Party Congress, hoping the crucial gathering offers ...

With general government debt now approaching three-quarters of GDP, and only incremental reform efforts visible, Pakistan ...

Tenterhooks is the debut short story collection from Galway-based, Franco-German writer Claire-Lise Kieffer, a graduate of the creative writing master’s at the University of Galway and this ...

For a nation needing stability, everyone is on tenterhooks until Schmidt lets the Australian rugby public in on his future plans.