anxiety
英 [??'za??t?]
美 [??'za??ti]
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry.
- 他表現(xiàn)出焦躁不安和過度憂慮的癥狀。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He had shouted down the phone at her, beside himself with anxiety.
- 他焦急萬分地對著電話那頭的她大喊大叫。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. For a few brief minutes we forgot the anxiety and anguish.
- 短短幾分鐘我們就忘記了焦慮與苦惱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The letter spoke only too clearly of his anxiety for her.
- 那封信再明白不過地傾訴了他對她的渴望。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house.
- 焦急萬分的鮑勃和漢斯把整座房子找了個遍。
來自柯林斯例句