uptight [
'ʌp'tait]
a. 紧张的, 拮据的, 心情焦躁的
uptight[ adj ]
being in a tense state
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- Supposedly uptight, competitive and stressed out, the middle-aged, middle-class executive has long been the stereotypical candidate for heart disease.
- But then if Mr. Menem is uptight, it is understandable. The president seems to be having an inordinate amount of trouble with his in-laws.
- Sundlun says he's made the transition from uptight executive to at-ease public official.
- The effect was fluid and casual rather than tailored or uptight.
- Unwilling to relinquish her prosecutorial dignity, she's squirmy and uptight; he's all honey.
- At the time I took this pep-talk as evidence that I was working for an uptight American company set on crushing the individuality of its employees.
- Dianne Wiest plays Jane Grierson, the uptight gatherer of gifted children.