A thrill ride that actually suspends riders for three seconds before they dive straight down.

在这场惊动魄的搭乘中，只需三秒就能俯冲到底，真令游客提吊胆。

Your average housewife worries constantly about the dangerous people she sees on the nightly news.

这位主妇总提吊胆地提防着夜间新闻上看到的那些坏人。

But investors have good reasons to be jittery. More suspicious transactions are likely to be unearthed.

资者们有理由提吊胆。可能还有更多可疑交易未被发现。

She not only begrudged them every mouthful they ate but she was on tenterhooks lest they discover somehow that Pork had slaughtered one of the shoats the day before.

她不对于他们每吃一口都感到妒忌和吝啬，而且有点提吊胆，生怕他们发现波克头天杀了一只小猪。

An America that cannot deal with its financial problems other than through repeated crises followed by shabby postponements will eventually go broke.

不能解决财政问题，只靠着一次次危机之后令人提吊胆的拖延，美国这样下去迟早会破产。

THROUGH THE TRAPDOOR In years to come, Harry would never quite remember how he had managed to get through his exams when he half expected Voldemort to come bursting through the door at any moment.

穿越活板门哈利恐怕永远也记不清，他怎样通过那些考试的，因为当时他整天提吊胆，随时提防着伏地魔破门而入。

It's a bit like on tenterhooks, right? on edge.

就提吊胆的意思。

Mothers for miles around worried about Zuckerman's swing. They feared some child would fall off.

附近英范围内的那些做妈妈的对朱克曼家的这个秋千都提吊胆。她们生怕孩子会从秋千上摔下来。

" And you just walked up to him? " said Hermione breathlessly.

“你们就直接走了上去？”赫敏提吊胆地问。

He didn't have cool friends and was always on edge.

他没有很酷的朋友，总提吊胆。

Airlines, meanwhile, are nervous about a winter chill.

与此同时，航空公司也对寒冬的到来提吊胆。

It must be a little nerve-racking to live with the threat of earthquakes.

生活在地震的威胁中一定有点提吊胆吧。

Tamper with my memory? I asked nervously.

“修改我的记忆？”我提吊胆地问道。

In there they peered out the window fearfully at the ivy vine. Then they looked at each other for a moment without speaking.

他们在那提吊胆地瞅着窗外那棵长春藤。后来他们默默无言，彼此对望了一会。寒冷的雨夹杂着雪花不停地下着。

It was very exciting, very frightening, to see a man come out of the trailer that he was in...to look up at that vehicle...ride the elevator up, and then wait for us to get ready to launch.

那令人激动又提吊胆的时刻，看着他从拖车走出来抬头看向机舱搭上直升电梯，然后等待我们发射。

" I know that out of a million cases only one goes wrong, but it is her fancy and mine. They have been telling her things. She has had a dream and is frightened."

“当然，事故的可能性只百万分之一。她和我都有点提吊胆。有人对她说了些什么，她自己也做过梦，她有点害怕。”

You know, workers are going to be more likely to make mistakes if they're looking over their shoulder constantly, and then those sort of human mistakes are what further this cycle of misinformation.

你知道，如果员工总提吊胆，他们就更有可能犯错，而这些人为错误会进一步加剧错误信息的传播。

As terrified as I was, I think it made me a stronger person by coming out here and experiencing it and putting myself in those kind of situations.

虽然我一直提吊胆 这段刻骨铭的经历这番身临其境的洗礼 让我变得更加坚强。

Five-thirty, they were out. By six o'clock, most of them were home for that wash and their tea, but my mother would wait on tenterhooks.

五点半，他们出去了。到了六点钟，他们大多数人都回家洗漱、喝茶了，我母亲却提吊胆地等着。

Howard, my father was a police officer.We never knew from one night to the next if he was going to come home alive.

霍华德 我父亲个警察 我们家人每天都提吊胆的 不知道他晚上能不能活着回到家。