汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 战战兢兢
战战兢兢 (戰戰兢兢)
trembling with fear / with fear and trepidation
战战 Look of fear / 兢兢 Cautious look / Describes a very scared and trembling appearance / It also describes a cautious look
①小心谨慎的样子挨至三更夜,战战兢兢盗得令箭急忙赶回。②战栗那官儿慌得战战兢兢的,双手举着圣旨,口里乱道。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

听到消息他们无不战战兢兢

On hearing the news all of them were trembling with fear.

现在,尽管,投资者们战战兢兢

Now, though, investors are getting jittery.

战战兢兢问她如何知道号码的。

Trembling, I asked how she knew about the Numbers.

他们战战兢兢地打开了临街的门。

In a tremble they opened the street door.

未几久战战兢兢的经文声在屋外响起。

How long do not fear of the scripture sound outside the ring.

他向我提了一大堆问题,弄得我整个晚上战战兢兢如履薄冰。

He asked me many questions, I found myself skating over thin ice the whole evening.

那就是说,它们显得“战战兢兢”是因为它们的振动频率远超过我们年轻的太阳。

That is, they appear jittery, because they oscillate much more than our own, much-younger Sun.

因为被枪指着,那个老男人的动作变得(战战兢兢的,神经过敏的)。

Being a gun, the old man's action became jittery.

他发现,同黛丝·密勒小姐在一起,是无需战战兢兢怀着鬼胎的。

He discovered that with Miss Daisy Millar there was no great need of walking on tiptoe.

战战兢兢又不由得不去相信,那字母让她感应到别人内心中隐藏着的罪孽。

She shuddered to believe, yet could not help believing, that it gave her a sympathetic knowledge of the hidden sin in other hearts.