jittery

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jit·ter·y /ˈdʒɪtəri/ adjectiveadj informal

WORRIEDNERVOUSanxious or nervous 焦虑的；紧张的 OPP relaxed

It was probably the tension that made him jittery.

可能是紧张的局面让他感到焦虑。

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Examples from the Corpus

jittery• It was probably the tension that had him jittery.• Her movements seemed more jittery, and her quick smile during the introductions looked forced.• Financial markets are jittery, as a war looms in the Gulf.• They look like jittery, hysterical little birds crowded together on a power line.• jittery investors• Even so, talk of course alterations continued throughout the jittery months of 1938 but no expenditure was undertaken.

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