the jitters
紧张,坐立不安
jitters是个俚语,意思是「紧张、不安」° get the jitters 意为「陷入紧张中」,a bad case of the jitters是「严重的紧张状态、吓得要死」。如果jitters前面有其他词语修饰,常常 不用冠词,例如:war jitters是 担心战争会爆发的紧张气 氛。
For its part,Iraq added to the jitters by conducting two test firings of surface-to-surface missiles within its territory.(出自:TIME, Jan. 7,1991,p. 54)
伊拉克方面是在国内进行两次地对地飞弹试射,更增加了紧张气氛。