tenses

英 [ˈtensɪz]

美 [ˈtensɪz]

n.  (动词的)时，时态
v.  (使肌肉)拉紧，绷紧
tense的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (局势、时期)令人紧张的，让人焦虑的
  Atensesituation or period of time is one that makes people anxious, because they do not know what is going to happen next.
  1. This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks...
     这一友好姿态基本上没有改善会谈的紧张气氛。
  2. After three very tense weeks he phoned again...
     过了紧张不安的 3 个星期，他又一次打来电话。
  3. There was a tense silence.
     有一阵令人局促不安的沉默。
• ADJ-GRADED 紧张的;焦虑的;无法放松的
  If you aretense, you are anxious and nervous and cannot relax.
  1. Dart, who had at first been very tense, at last relaxed.
     起初，达特非常紧张，最后终于放松了下来。
• ADJ-GRADED (肌肉)紧张的，绷紧的
  If your body istense, your muscles are tight and not relaxed.
  1. She lay, eyes shut, body tense...
     她躺着，双目紧闭，全身绷直。
  2. A bath can relax tense muscles.
     洗个澡可以放松紧张的肌肉。
• V-ERG （使）（肌肉）紧张，绷紧
  If your musclestense, if youtense, or if youtenseyour muscles, your muscles become tight and stiff, often because you are anxious or frightened.
  1. Newman's stomach muscles tensed...
     纽曼的腹肌绷紧了。
  2. He tensed as the big West Indian gripped his shoulder...
     那个大块头西印度群岛土著人抓住他的肩膀时，他浑身紧张起来。
  3. Jane tensed her muscles to stop them from shaking.
     简把肌肉绷紧，不让它们颤抖。
  4. Tense upmeans the same astense.
     tense up 同 tense
  5. When we are under stress our bodies tend to tense up...
     人一紧张，身体就会变僵硬。
  6. I tried not to tense up, or become obviously wary...
     我尽量不让自己紧张，或者表现得非常警觉。
  7. Tense up the muscles in both of your legs.
     把两腿的肌肉绷紧。
• N-COUNT (动词的)时，时态
  Thetenseof a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time.
  1. It was as though Corinne was already dead: they were speaking of her in the past tense.
     科琳娜好像已经去世了：他们谈论她时用的是过去时。

双语例句

• Discuss which tenses take the highlighted auxiliary verbs.
  讨论每个助动词所表示的是什么时态。
• All languages use the same tenses including present, past and future.
  所有语言使用相同的时态，包括现在，过去和未来时态。
• However, the research on the subjectivity in English tenses has not been deeply conducted yet.
  然而，对英语时态主观性的研究还不够深入，只有少数学者在他们的文献中有所研究。
• It will help you better understand tenses, prepositions, and all the other parts of speech we normally take for granted.
  它将帮助你更好地了解时态，介词，以及语言中其他我们习以为常的部分。
• Practice tenses as much as possible, when you learn a new verb, learn its various forms.
  尽可能多地练习时态，当你学习一个动词的时候，要学习它的各种形态。
• In one of the tenses I singing an impossible song of desire that you cannot hear.
  用某种时态，我唱着你无法听到的，一支不成曲的希望之歌。
• It is also great for learning idioms, expressions, and verb tenses.
  同样，阅读也能帮你学到不少惯用语、表达方式和动词时态。
• They are used as auxiliaries to the present and past perfect tenses.
  它们是用作现在完成时和过去完成时的助动词。
• Put the verbs in brackets into correct tenses.
  在括号里填上动词合适的时态。
• Distribution of Tenses in Chinese Students 'Compositions
  中国学生英语写作中时态分布的研究