uptight

['ʌp'tait]

adj.紧张的, 恼怒的, 因循守旧的

例句与用法：

Please reassure the owners and managers not to get so uptight about something that makes the day a little pleasant.

请提醒老板们，经理们，不要对那些能使一天的气氛轻松起来的小事过分紧张。

Offers of help just make him uptight.

主动帮助他反而惹他生气。

词形变化：

名词: uptightness |

详细释义：

a.

1. 经济状况不佳的, 拮据的

2. 【口】烦躁的, 急躁的; 不安的

He was very uptight about his daughter's scraggly-looking boyfriends.

他女儿那些外表邋遢的男朋友们令他紧张不安。

3. 易怒的, 生气的