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单词 uptight
释义
uptight
adjective
informal
uk
/ˌʌpˈtaɪt/us
/ˌʌpˈtaɪt/
worriedornervousand notabletorelax:
紧张的；焦虑不安的
Don't get uptightabouttheexam- just doyourbest.对待考试不要太紧张——尽力而为吧。
Synonyms
anal(MENTAL STATE)informal
anally retentiveinformal
high-strungUS
highly strungUK
jitteryinformal
jumpyinformal
nervyUK
restiveformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Anxious and worried
  • (all) hot and botheredidiom
  • -racked
  • aflutter
  • agitated
  • angsty
  • anxious
  • fretfully
  • frightened
  • fuss
  • get in a sweatidiom
  • grim
  • prey on sb's mindidiom
  • queasily
  • queasiness
  • queasy
  • rattled
  • strung out
  • worrier
  • worrywart
  • wound up
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(Definition ofuptightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

uptight| American Dictionary

uptight
adjective
infml
us
/ˈʌpˈtɑɪt/
nervous,anxious, orworried:
I was really uptight about theinterview, but it wentfine.
(Definition ofuptightfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuptight

uptight
You're not aware that you'reuptightor, you know, like screaming or whatever it might be.
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He just snapped at people,uptight.
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They gotuptightnot only about the tax itself but also about the fact that it was retrospective.
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I know that many local councillors gotuptightabout it.
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That is why we are souptightabout bicycles.
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The organist gotuptightwith the vicar; the vicar dismissed him and the choir walked out in support of the organist.
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That was theuptightgrocer girl's next attempt, and it was a total, miserable and utter failure.
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But why is my noble friend souptightabout it?
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He did not want to become toouptightabout the issue, but his word was not accepted.
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Many of us who served in local government remember when anuptightgrocer's daughter stamped her foot and decided to put an end to the rating system.
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I know that we had a hectic time over it last year, and it was mainly because of the environmental aspects of it that people got so upset anduptight.
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He was anuptightgentleman who wore a bow-tie and glasses.
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He tends to judge people based on their social classes, and isuptightabout everything.
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He has a veryuptightside, especially when it came to cleaning and decorating.
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She reveals that, despite her seeminglyuptightand feared persona at school, she is highly pressured and greatly desires to relax herself.
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