high-strung

美 [ˌhaɪ ˈstrʌŋ]英 [ˌhaɪ ˈstrʌŋ]
  • adj.紧张的;十分敏感的;易激动的
high-strunghigh-strung

adj

1
being in a tense state
Synonym: edgy highly strung jittery jumpy nervy overstrung restive uptight

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  1. I really believe that he was a finely organized high-strung man .

    我的确相信他是一个天生文弱的神经过敏的人。

  2. Because of their high-strung disposition , they are not usually considered to be good pets for small children .

    由于他们经常长时间发呆,他们通常不被认为是理想的宠物。

  3. I 've never met anybody so high-strung .

    我从没遇到过如此易怒的人。

  4. When she lived alone in the big house Nancy was high-strung and often had nightmares .

    南茜独自一人住在那所大房子里时,神经非常紧张,常做恶梦。

  5. Gemini also rules the nerves , so natives of this sign are often excitable and high-strung .

    双子座掌控着神经系统,因此这个星座的人经常是容易兴奋且十分敏感的。

  6. Harvey Gittler knew his new boss was high-strung & the two had worked together on the factory floor .

    哈维·吉特勒一向知道他的新上司有些神经过敏&他们在公司的同一层楼面上共事过。

  7. and my boss is high-strung and aggressively sober .

    我的老板又是个敏感而且极其严肃的人

  8. Since the 1960s , furthermore , the high-strung regional situation and the radical policy of Sukarno became a critical challenge to Johnson administration .

    进入1960年代后,高度紧张的地区局势与苏加诺激进政策更是构成了对约翰逊政府政治与决策资源的挑战。

  9. The aging actress was very high-strung and overbearing .

    这位上了年纪的女演员非常紧张,而且傲慢自大。

  10. Easily agitated or distressed ; high-strung or jumpy .

    易焦虑的或易痛苦的;神经激动或神经紧张。

  11. Poor Julian he is just so high-strung .

    可怜的胡里安他太兴奋了。

  12. Additional , 100 get group with high salary group , full day lives below the enormous pressure of high-strung urbanism , this abreacts with respect to what need a drive the ground .

    另外,百领群与高工资群体,整日生活在高度紧张的都市生活的巨大的压力下,这就需要一个精神的发泄地。

  13. He sat in stillness for a good while before he began to speak , and the audience - you could feel it happening , one row of high-strung New Yorkers at a time - became colonized by his stillness .

    他静静地坐了好一阵子,然后开口说话。你感觉到正在发生这样的事情,这些激动的纽约人逐渐被他的沉静所统治。

  14. The shortest time interval in the Martian universe is that between when you ask about a Mars family member and when someone on the astronomically high-strung public-relations team snaps to attention and rules the question out of order .

    在这些火星人的世界里,他们最快速的反应就是神经高度紧张的公关人员在有人提出关于马尔斯家族成员的问题后表示这不符合规定。

  15. They weren 't even ex-spouses , not an obstinate midwesterner and a high-strung Yankee , not a guy in his forties and a woman in her thirties , not two limited people who had argued for years about sex and money and furniture - none of this was relevant .

    他们甚至不是前妻、前夫,不是一个顽固的中西部人和一个神经紧张的北方人,不是四十几岁的男人和三十几岁的女人,不是长年为性、金钱、家具而起争执的两个能力有限的人——这些都无关紧要。