on tenterhooks
US /ɑn ˈtɛntɚhʊks/
・UK /ɒn ˈtentəhʊks/
C1 高級
idm.緊張不安地等待
We were on tenterhooks before the final announcement.
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- We were on tenterhooks, anxiously awaiting word from the owners,
例如，酒店的湖光山色美景令人瞠目結舌。
- We were on tenterhooks, anxiously awaiting word from the owners and were both crestfallen when they rejected our offer.
我們提心吊膽，焦急地等待著業主的消息，當他們拒絕了我們的出價時，我們都很沮喪。
美軍空襲伊朗哈爾克島軍事目標！ (US strikes military targets on Iran's Kharg Island)
- So for the last, I'd say, 24 hours, this has been a region that has been on tenterhooks about what might happen next.
所以在過去，我說，24 小時內，這個地區一直處於緊張不安的狀態，不知道接下來會發生什麼事。
- So for the last, I'd say, 24 hours, this has been a region that has been on tenterhooks about what might happen next.
你知道這個整個地區是絕對堅定的。
