on edge

基本解释

So if you're feeling on edge about what you need to do, don't let that stop you.
所以，如果你对将要做的事情感到紧张，别让这种焦虑成为绊脚石。
Although fuel prices have dipped slightly in the past month they are volatile and likely to remain that way as trouble in the Middle East keeps markets on edge.
尽管燃油价格在过去数月轻微下降，但中东问题导致市场处于一种紧张状态，受其影响，价格不稳并可能持续一段时间。
We now know that Rupert just might be a doddering old fool, that his son can prevaricate with the best of them, and that Wendi Deng has clearly been put on edge by the whole experience.
现在我们知道，鲁伯特或许只是一个糊涂的糟老头子，他儿子则是尽其所能支吾其词，而且显然整个事件已经让他的妻子邓文迪变得神经紧张。

There is literally concrete evidence of their work." Tony Hawk says skateboarding was once a sport on the edge of society.
Once you know what pieces to look for, what mental constructs to reach for, can you realize all right I want to make some dancing figures go back and forth, I need to loop this way and loop this way and check if I'm on the edge and so forth.
一旦确定需要查找的部分,想要达到那种层次，你是否意识到,我想做出一些可以来回走动跳舞的人，我需要按这种方式那种方式让它转圈,并检查我是否,到了屏幕的边缘等等。
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There was an edge to them, as if the whole thing could collapse on their heads.
但他们总能把握好分寸,好像在担心什么东西,垮下来的话会压死他们似的
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So long as that happens, Asia's financial markets will continue to be on edge.
ECONOMIST: Bruised, battered and broke