Odie的英语课 434 报刊常用成语 6 On tenterhooks 2

433 复习on tenterhooks 提心吊胆，焦虑不安，如坐针毡（tenterhooks 拉幅钩，张布钩，hook 钩子 ）Fans on both sides were on tenterhooks. 双方的球迷都很紧张。On tenterhooks 除了主语是人，还可以是 市场market：The market is on tenterhooks.（现在时）The market was on tenterhooks.（过去时）市场紧张不安。请大家和我读三遍The market is on tenterhooks.The market was on tenterhooks.请大家看几个词：size 号码，大小，规模，数量rate 比率，速率，费率，率，利率（利率 interest rate，interest 兴趣，爱好；存款/借款的利息 ）cut 动词&名词，减少，降低，削减，缩短（第397课学过 cut back减少，削减，缩减，cut prices 降低价格）The market was on tenterhooks about the size of the rate cut.about 关于，对于the size of... ……的规模，……的大小the rate cut 降低利率，降息市场对降息的幅度/规模感到不安。请大家和我读三遍The market was on tenterhooks about the size of the rate cut.