| 单词 | anxious seat |
| 释义 | anxious seat 1. Also called anxious bench. Chiefly North Atlantic States and Southern and South Midland U.S. a seat reserved at a revival meeting for those troubled by conscience and eager for spiritual assistance. 2. a state of anxiety, esp. about the outcome of a vote, negotiation, etc.: Strikers have been in the anxious seat for the last three days. [1810-20, Amer.] |
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