on a string

• adv. 被控制住(在悬念中)

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. The flu was arrested before it became a pandemic.
   流感在变成流行病之前被控制住了。

词汇搭配

• keep someone on a string 使某人悬虑
• have someone on a string 使某人悬虑
• get someone on a string 使某人悬虑