high-tension environment
- noun
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entorno de alta tensión
- The negotiations took place in a high-tension environment where every word mattered.
Examples
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The office became a high-tension environment during the project deadline.
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Working in a high-tension environment can be exhausting if you don't find ways to manage stress.
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Some people perform best in a high-tension environment because it keeps them alert and focused.
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Working in a high-tension environment can be exhausting.
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Some people perform best in a high-tension environment because it keeps them alert and focused.
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The negotiations took place in a high-tension environment where every word mattered.
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Working in a high-tension environment can be exhausting if you don't find ways to manage stress.
Synonyms
A situation that feels tense and stressful and needs careful handling
A heavy feeling of anxiety that fills a room
Antonyms
How Tense
Surface Forms
Morphology
high-tension + environment
The meaning 'a situation characterized by a lot of stress or pressure' is directly derived from combining 'high' (a large degree) with 'tension' (stress, pressure) modifying 'environment' (setting). This is a regular adjective+noun composition following productive English compounding patterns and similar logic exists in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
High-tension environment comes from the image of a rope or wire pulled very tight, with tension meaning being stretched. When people or a place are like a stretched wire ready to snap, it feels full of stress and pressure, so the phrase means 'a situation with a lot of stress or pressure'.