nail-biting

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Not, perhaps, a nail-biting plot. But it is a perfectly plausible description of the future of crime-fighting.
或许，这并不是一个扣人心弦的情节，但是这对打击罪案的将来将是一个合理到完美的描述。
With professional advice, you can often dramatically lessen the amount of nail-biting and red ink you have to endure before the business takes hold.
在公司站稳脚之前，有了专家建议你通常就可以大大减少束手无策和财政赤字的困扰。
At the nail-biting China-Spain basketball game on Tuesday, thousands of Chinese fans performed the wave, which they call the “Mexican wave.” (Are Mexicans known for doing the wave?
周二中国男篮对战西班牙队，比赛十分紧张，上千名中国球迷在看台上表演他们口中的“墨西哥人浪”（墨西哥人做这种人浪吗？

With seconds left in regulation time, South Africa equalized on a free kick by Mphela that sent the game into 30 nail-biting minutes of overtime.
I've always been like that. Byron was the only person I enjoyed reading during the nail-biting and tense period of studying for my orals.
我从下就这样，拜伦是,我读书的时候唯一一个喜欢的作家。
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Worrywarts abound in international finance circles--there's always nail-biting about this currency fluctuation or that account deficit.
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Bankers admitted to developing chronic pain, never-ending colds, anger management problems and nervous tics such as nail-biting.
FORBES: Wall Street Hours Mean Health Troubles

A nail-biting situation is very exciting or worrying because you do not know how it will end.

If you describe something such as a story or a game as nail-biting, you mean that it makes you feel very excited or nervous because you do not know how it is going to end.