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• ① 【美】(某些教徒集会中,特为信心未坚而渴望加强坚定信心的信徒所设的)讲台近旁的座位(★亦称anxious bench)

• ② (尤指对投票、交涉等的结果所感到的)不安,忧虑
  • The candidate has been in the anxious seat for the last three days.那位候选人过去三天来感到坐立不安。