tense

adj.

拉紧的；肌肉绷紧的；神经紧张的；[语]（语音）紧的

n.

[语]时，时态；〈古〉时间；

v.

使或变的紧张；

复数：tenses过去式：tensed过去分词：tensed现在分词：tensing第三人称单数：tenses

past tense过去式

tensed up[口]紧张的；[口]忧虑不安

present tense[语]现在式时态

future tense未来式；[语法]将来时态

present perfect tense现在完成式

verb tense动词时态

present continuous tense现在进行时

past perfect tense过去完成时

tense up紧张

1. Try to act naturally, even if you're tense.
   即使紧张也不要做作。
2. It is difficult to be natural when one is tense.
   人在紧张的时候很难泰然自若。
3. She was gently massaging the tense muscles of his neck.
   她温柔地按摩着他脖子上绷紧的肌肉。

1. She tensed, hearing that noise again.
   她再次听到那个声音就紧张起来。
2. Players get very tensed up before a match.
   运动员在比赛前都感到神经紧张。

1. The verb is in the present tense.
   这个动词使用的是现在时态。

Tense and aspect systems
Tense logic and the theory of linear order /
Toward Tense as a Clinical Marker of Specific Language Impairment in English-Speaking Children
Tense over time: the longitudinal course of tense acquisition in children with specific language impairment.
Rules or connections in past-tense inflections: what does the evidence rule out?
The evolution of grammar: the grammaticalization of tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world
Revere Perkins and William Pagliuca: The Evolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World
Missing Surface Inflection or Impairment in second language acquisition? Evidence from tense and agreement
Comparison of paracentesis and diuretics in the treatment of cirrhotics with tense ascites. Results of a randomized study
Comparison of the effect of terlipressin and albumin on arterial blood volume in patients with cirrhosis and tense ascites treated b...