1.緊張兮兮
A once peaceful community is now on edge.
一個過去十分平靜的社區現在緊張兮兮。
2.緊張萬分
Recent outbreaks of avian flu have much of Asia on edge.
最近爆發的禽流感疫情讓亞洲大部份地區緊張萬分。
3.心情很緊張
You’re always on edge until you have the match put away.
比賽沒搞定前心情總是很緊張。
4.擔憂
It may be a fellow democracy that has America most on edge in early 2004.
二○○四年初讓美國最擔憂的可能是一個同樣是民主國家的盟邦。
5.焦慮不安
Those attacks put the public on edge.
這些攻擊事件讓民眾焦慮不安。
6.十分憂心
The world is on edge about Iran’s drive to develop nuclear weapons.
The world is on edge about Iran’s drive to develop nuclear weapons.
全世界對伊朗發展核武的企圖都十分憂心。
7.坐立不安
Boies had been on edge early that morning, fearful that a federal appeals court would stop the counting before it began.
包伊斯那天一大早就坐立不安,擔心聯邦上訴法庭會在計票開始之前就下令停止。
資料來源:京文出版社【系列四】高階英漢翻譯詞典