anxiety

英 [æŋ'zaɪətɪ] 美 [æŋ'zaɪəti]
  • n. 焦虑；渴望；挂念；令人焦虑的事
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英语词源

anxiety (n.)
1520s, from Latin anxietatem (nominative anxietas) "anguish, anxiety, solicitude," noun of quality from anxius (see anxious). Psychiatric use dates to 1904. Age of Anxiety is from Auden's poem (1947). For "anxiety, distress," Old English had angsumnes, Middle English anxumnesse.

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1. He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry.
他表现出焦躁不安和过度忧虑的症状。

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2. He had shouted down the phone at her, beside himself with anxiety.
他焦急万分地对着电话那头的她大喊大叫。

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3. For a few brief minutes we forgot the anxiety and anguish.
短短几分钟我们就忘记了焦虑与苦恼。

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4. The letter spoke only too clearly of his anxiety for her.
那封信再明白不过地倾诉了他对她的渴望。

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5. Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house.
焦急万分的鲍勃和汉斯把整座房子找了个遍。

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