2020考博英語常用譯詞：如坐針氈

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“如坐針氈”，漢語成語，字面意思是“像坐在插著針的氈子上(as if sitting on a bed of needles)”，形容心神不定，坐立不安(feel extremely uneasy)。

“如坐針氈”與英文俗語“l(fā)ike a cat on a hot tin roof/like a cat on hot bricks”意思相近，都可以表示“be anxious and unable to sit still or relax. ”。

例句：

她在等醫(yī)生給她打電話，告訴她檢查結果，所以她一整天都如坐針氈。

She's waiting for the doctor to call with her test results, so she's been like a cat on hot bricks all day.

接到恐嚇電話后，他整日如坐針氈。

After receiving the threatening phone call, he became extremely alarmed and fidgeted all day.