什么都比家里的紧张气氛好。

Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home.

《牛津词典》

在这座城市里依然有一种极其敌对和紧张的气氛。

There's still an atmosphere of great hostility and tension in the city.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

房间里的紧张气氛已经消散了。

The tension in the room had dissipated.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

As we come back in to this, I think we've got a situation where the piano keeps playing the four-note motive, the part like he was building it up for tension.

回到这里,我想情况是这样的,钢琴一直弹奏着四音节的动机,这个部分像是钢琴在制造紧张气氛

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This builds tension. Okay?

这就营造了紧张的气氛,不是吗

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