anxiety

英 [æŋ'zaɪəti] 美 [æŋ'zaɪəti]

• n. 焦虑；担心；渴望

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U][C]焦虑,担心,不安

   an uncomfortable feeling in the mind usually caused by the fear or expectation that sth bad will happen

2. [C]焦虑的原因

   a cause of anxiety

3. [U]渴望,热望

   a feeling of worried eagerness

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 渴望，热望，切望
2. 焦虑，忧虑，挂虑，担忧，担心，焦急，焦灼，挂念
3. 焦虑的原因，令人焦虑之事
4. 【病理】（心神）不安，不宁

英英释义

Noun:

1. (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

2. a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It proved difficult to disguise his anxiety.
   他的焦虑难以掩饰。
2. They show great anxiety concerning their retirement allowance.
   他们对自己的养老金问题显得十分焦虑。
3. This has caused us much anxiety.
   这事使我们极为担心。
4. Some anxiety still lurked in her mind.
   她心里还暗暗地有点不放心。
5. His anxiety for knowledge is to be praised.
   他对知识的渴求应该受到称赞。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. And now a new anxiety seized me.
   现在我又不由得提心吊胆起来。
2. His anxieties diminished.
   他的忧虑减轻了。
3. Her anxieties deepened with each passing day.
   她的忧虑与日俱增。
4. His anxieties kept him awake overnight.
   忧虑使他一夜未眠。
5. All these anxieties make him look pale and tired.
   这一切担惊受怕使他面色苍白，疲惫不堪。
6. All his cares and anxieties made him look quite old.
   操心及忧虑使他显得苍老。
7. The anxieties of the past week had left her exhausted.
   前一个星期种种令她焦急的事使她疲惫不堪。
8. This has caused us much anxiety.
   这使我们十分焦急。
9. Mothers feel anxiety when their children are sick.
   孩子病了母亲总是很焦急。
10. The doctor's report removed all their anxieties.
    医生的报告消除了他们所有的忧虑。
11. After listening to his advice she had no more anxieties.
    听了他的劝告之后，她不再忧虑了。
12. You have no reason for anxiety.
    你没有理由担忧。
13. Her son is a source of considerable anxiety.
    她的儿子总是令她牵肠挂肚。
14. He was surprised by the triviality of her anxieties.
    她对琐碎小事的忧心忡忡使他感到惊讶。
15. Lack of money is one of his chief anxieties.
    资金不足是他主要的焦虑之一。
16. He received the news of his father's sickness with great anxiety.
    他得知父亲生病的消息时焦急万分。

～+ prep. -phrase

1. Her anxiety about the science test increased as it grew nearer.
   随着科学考试的日益临近，她愈发忧虑起来。
2. As his confidence in his work increased, his anxieties about it diminished.
   随着工作信心的增加，他对工作的担心逐渐减少了。
3. His speech removed all anxieties about higher prices.
   他的讲话消除了人们对涨价的忧虑。
4. His statement was an attempt to allay public anxieties about the economic situation.
   他的声明意在缓解公众对经济形势的忧虑。
5. You need have no anxiety about that.
   你不用为那事操心。
6. He felt anxiety about the possible loss of his job.
   他对自己有可能失业感到忧心忡忡。
7. In his anxiety about the trip, he forgot to pay his rent.
   他急着要去旅行，把付房租的事儿给忘了。
8. He is full of anxiety about that matter.
   他对那件事很焦急。
9. There's a lot of anxiety among the staff about possible job losses.
   工作人员都很忧虑,担心可能失业。
10. Children normally feel a lot of anxiety about their first day at school.
    小孩子对第一天上学通常都感到很紧张。
11. His anxiety for knowledge deserves our praise.
    他对于知识的渴望，值得我们赞扬。
12. The British fail to comprehend the deep European anxiety for progress towards unification because Britain hasn't been invaded since 1066.
    英国人不理解欧洲大陆的人对欧洲一体化进程的深刻忧虑，因为英国自1066年后未受到过外族侵占。
13. He felt strong anxiety for her safety.
    他十分担心她的安全。
14. He expressed his anxiety for his son's safety.
    他说他担心儿子的安全。
15. She expressed anxiety for a new dictionary.
    她渴望得到一本新字典。
16. Jim's illness is just another anxiety for his poor mother.
    吉姆的病是又一件让他那可怜的母亲揪心的事儿。
17. Everyone has anxieties of their own.
    各人有各人的烦恼。
18. It should represent the views and anxieties of party members to the cabinet.
    它应当向内阁反映党员们的看法和忧虑。
19. Traffic jams, bad housing, too much concrete and too little grass are the main anxieties of people who live in urban areas.
    交通阻塞、住房紧张、高楼林立和绿地减少是令都市居民焦虑不安的主要问题。
20. This can lead to unnecessary anxiety over a child's quite normal behaviour.
    这可能使人们对一个小孩十分正常的行为产生不必要的忧虑。
21. That was a great anxiety to me.
    那件事成了我的一大心病。
22. Her sick child is a great anxiety to her.
    孩子生病使她十分担忧。
23. Tom's foolish behaviour caused great anxiety to his parents.
    汤姆的愚蠢行为使父母非常担忧。

～+to- v

1. What he did yesterday showed his anxiety to please his customers.
   他昨天的所作所为表明他很着急去邀请他的顾客。
2. Tom's anxiety to succeed led him to work hard.
   汤姆对成功的渴望使他努力工作。
3. In his anxiety not to offend them, he agreed to concessions.
   因为怕得罪他们，他同意让步。

～+that-clause

1. The manager expressed anxiety that it should be done in no time.
   经理担心的是没有时间去做这些事。

经典引文

• Finance has been a constant anxiety.

  出自：Nature

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• cause anxiety 使人担忧
• display anxiety 表现出焦虑
• drown one's anxieties and worries in drink 借酒浇愁
• feel anxiety 感到担心
• relieve anxiety 消除忧虑
• undergo anxiety 担忧

形容词+～

• constant anxiety 持久的烦恼
• deep anxiety 严重的忧虑
• domestic anxiety 家事的烦恼
• endless anxiety 无限忧虑
• great anxiety 非常忧虑
• horrible anxiety 极为担心
• much anxiety 忧心忡忡
• overwhelming anxiety 极大的忧虑
• pecuniary anxiety 金钱问题的烦恼
• undefined anxiety 无可名状的烦恼
• unnecessary anxiety 不必要的烦恼
• well-founded anxiety 有缘由的忧虑
• wide-spread anxiety 普遍的忧虑

介词+～

• fall a prey to anxiety 被忧虑困扰
• free from anxiety 无忧无虑
• in great anxiety 非常忧虑
• wait with anxiety 焦急地等待
• without anxiety 无忧无虑地

～+介词

• anxiety about 对…的忧虑
• anxiety about future 对前途担忧
• anxiety for 渴望，焦急盼望
• anxiety for knowledge 强烈的求知欲
• anxiety for news 想得到消息的焦急心情
• anxiety for sb's return 渴望某人回来
• anxiety for sb's safety 为某人的安全担忧

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. anxiety的基本意思是“焦虑,着急(的情绪)”,指因悬而未决或吉凶难卜的事而引起的焦虑与紧张不安,也可指因即将到来的灾难或不幸而产生的恐惧与忧虑。anxiety作“令人着急、焦虑的事”解,是可数名词,引申可表示为某事焦虑,常译成“渴望,热望”,是不可数名词。
2. anxiety后可接由that引导的同位语从句,从句中的谓语动词多用“should+动词原形”, should有时可省略。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

anxiety, care, worry

• 这组词都有“忧虑”“担心”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.care指由于责任重大,担心与恐惧而产生的“忧虑”“担心”; anxiety则指因悬而未决或吉凶难卜的事而引起的焦虑与紧张不安,也可指因即将到来的灾难和不幸而产生的恐惧与忧虑; worry则指由于问题、环境及人而从内心深处产生的“不安”“焦虑”或“烦恼”。
• 2.anxiety仅指感情上的担忧,而care则除指感情上的担忧外,还可以指理智上对某事的挂念或操心。
• 3.anxiety常指由于没有获得某物而引起的不安,而care则是获得了某物之后而引起的不安或操心。
• 4.care的复数形式cares常表示烦恼或引起不安的具体的事; worry的复数形式worries通常指生活中使人操心的事,而anxiety则没有此用法。例如:
• Care had made him look ten years older.操心使他看起来比实际年龄大了10岁。
• The rich had their cares also.有钱的人也有他们烦恼的事情。
• He expressed his anxiety for his son's safety.他说他担心儿子的安全。
• His anxiety for knowledge deserves our praise.他对于知识的渴望,值得我们赞扬。
• As his confidence in his work increased, his anxieties about his work is diminished.因为他对工作的信心增加了,对工作的担忧就减少了。

anxiety，worry，care，concern

• 这些名词均含“焦虑、关心”之意。
• anxiety指对预料中的不祥之事的焦虑。
• worry侧重对未知事态演变的忧虑。
• care强调因出于责任感或顾虑等而产生的不安。
• concern作“关心”用时，是indifference(冷漠)的反义词，侧重对他人健康、安全等的关心，也可暗示对困难、危险或失败等的忧虑。

词源解说

• ☆ 1520左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的anxietatem，意为担心。

近反义词

【近义词】

• concern
• distress
• suspense
• worry

【反义词】

• assurance
• certainty
• confidence
• calmness