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The writer puts his readers right on tenterhooks.作者使读者完全处在紧张心情之中。He was still on tenterhooks waiting for his directors' decision about the job.他仍紧张不安地等待着主任们对他的工作作出的决定。We were on tenterhooks all morning waiting for the phone to ring.我们整个上午都如坐针毡，一直在等着电话铃响。After the interview Fran was on tenterhooks, wondering if she'd got the job.面试之后弗兰心里忐忑不安，不知自己是否得到那份工作。She keeps her readers on tenterhooks throughout the book.她在这本书里让读者从始至终都是提心吊胆的。He went in while we waited on tenterhooks in the car.当我们在汽车里焦急不安地等待时，他走了进去。I've been on tenterhooks since I applied for the job.自从申请这份工作后，我一直都很忐忑。Agatha Christie keeps the reader on tenterhooks until the final pages of the story.阿加莎·克里斯蒂总是让读者悬着一颗心看到小说的最后几页。She had been on tenterhooks all night, expecting Joe to return at any moment.她一晚上都心神不定，等待着乔随时回来。 |