bated breath

常見例句

We're all just waiting with bated breath to see what you can do around here.
我們都在屏息以待，指望您在這兒大展身手咧。
During the appreciation that saw the oil price roughly triple between 2004 and 2006, economists waited with bated breath for an oil-induced crash.
在2004年到2006年之間，油價(jià)大約漲了三倍，在這期間經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家們正密切關(guān)注著一場可能因爲(wèi)石油價(jià)格上陞導(dǎo)致的經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)。
He bated his breath when talking about this affair; capable of bating his enthusiasm.
他談?wù)撨@件事時(shí)抑制住了自己的呼吸。

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