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单词 bated
释义
bated
adjective
uk
/ˈbeɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈbeɪ.t̬ɪd/
with bated breath
C2
in ananxious(=worriedandnervous)orexcitedway:
屏息地；焦急地；兴奋地
Iwaitedfor theresultswith batedbreath.我焦急地等待着结果。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Anxious and worried
  • (all) hot and botheredidiom
  • -racked
  • aflutter
  • agitated
  • angsty
  • anxious
  • frightened
  • fuss
  • get in a sweatidiom
  • grim
  • grimly
  • queasily
  • queasiness
  • queasy
  • rattled
  • rest easyidiom
  • strung out
  • worrier
  • worrywart
  • wound up
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Excited, interested and enthusiastic
(Definition ofbatedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbated

bated
Now usually only used in the phrase withbatedbreath hushed and very ordinary or trivial ones.
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Here, the writer presumably first adapted the phrase withbatedbreath, then opted for the safer verb holds, then forgot to delete bates - and nobody editorial noticed.
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While we watch almost withbatedbreath the swaying to and fro of this vast conflict, it is this indomitable spirit which astonishes us.
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I waited withbatedbreath for the next 24 hours to see what would happen.
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I waited for that information withbatedbreath, but there was nothing and 1 was not surprised about that.
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At one time one spoke withbatedbreath, as if it were a crime to induce people to leave this country and to go overseas.
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We have been waiting withbatedbreath for quite a long while.
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We have all waited withbatedbreath to hear.
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We waited withbatedbreath for his return, hoping that he would have protected our interests.
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I cannot be blamed, and neither can others, if we awaited its appearance withbatedbreath.
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All our airmen are waiting for it withbatedbreath.
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It is customary to talk of medical care withbatedbreath as though it were all a matter of life or death.
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Everybody talks about £400 million withbatedbreath as though it were completely new money.
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We wait withbatedbreath to hear the announcement.
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I am sure that we all await his memoirs withbatedbreath, and hope that they will be published long before his demise.
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