1. 焦急地；屏息地
    If you wait for something with bated breath, you wait anxiously to find out what will happen.

    e.g. Every Monday the whole office used to wait with bated breath for his report...
           过去每到周一，整个办公室都会焦急地等待他的报告。
    e.g. We listened with bated breath to Grandma''s stories of her travels.
           我们屏住呼吸听祖母讲述她的游历故事。

1. diminished or moderated

    e.g. our bated enthusiasm
           his bated hopes