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anxious

英 ['æŋ(k)ʃəs] 美 ['æŋkʃəs]

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解释

adj. 焦虑的；担忧的；渴望的；急切的

※ 提供单词"anxious"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

anxious 焦急的

来自anger古义，焦急。字母g, x 音变。

英文词源

anxious (adj.): 1620s, from Latin anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind" (also "causing anxiety, troublesome"), from angere, anguere "choke, squeeze," figuratively "torment, cause distress" (see anger (v.)). The same image is in Serbo-Croatian tjeskoba "anxiety," literally "tightness, narrowness." Related: Anxiously; anxiousness.

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例句和用法

1. I believe he is most painfully anxious about Diana.: 我相信他肯定非常担心黛安娜。

2. They were anxious to bring the washing in before it rained.: 他们急于在下雨前把洗好的衣服收进屋子。

3. The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.: 政府迫切希望整件事能够在庭外解决。

4. Lloyd George was most anxious to be agreeable and pleasant.: 劳埃德·乔治极力想表现得平易近人、和蔼亲切。

5. I was anxious to get him here, away from family and friends.: 我急于把他带到这儿，远离家人和朋友。