anxiety

n

• ① 忧虑,焦虑,挂虑,焦虑不安
  • Your anxiety about [for] the future is unnecessary.你对未来的忧虑是不必要的。
  • She is in (great) anxiety.她(非常)忧虑。
  • She waited for the news with (great) anxiety.她(非常)焦急地等待那个消息。
  • She is all anxiety.她非常忧虑。
  • My anxiety that she might leave me made me pass a sleepless night.担心她可能离开我,使我度过不眠的一夜。
  • She caused her parents great anxiety by running away from home.她翘家使父母非常忧虑。
  • She felt strong anxiety for his safety.她对他的安全感到非常忧虑。

• ② 1忧虑的事情2忧虑的原因
  • She was full of anxieties.她满怀忧虑。
  • The news removed all her anxieties.那个消息除去了她的一切忧虑。
  • They had financial anxieties.他们有财务上的忧虑。
  • Her lazy son was a great anxiety to her.她那懒惰的儿子是她的一大忧虑。
  • His laziness is just another anxiety for his father.他的懒惰只不过是他父亲的另一忧虑。

• ③ 渴望,热望,切望
  • His anxiety for knowledge is very keen.他对知识的渴求非常强烈。
  • She had a keen anxiety to please him.她极欲讨好他。
  • In his anxiety to succeed he worked very hard.由于渴望成功,他非常努力地工作。
  • He expressed anxiety that the announcement (should) be made at once.他表达出应立即做该项宣布的切望(★【口】通常不用should).。