首页anxiousanxious的意思

anxious

英 ['æŋ(k)ʃəs] 美['æŋkʃəs]
  • adj. 焦虑的;担忧的;渴望的;急切的

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词态变化


比较级: more anxious;最高级: most anxious;副词: anxiously;

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1. 谐音“俺渴想死、俺可想死”-----俺可想死你了。

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.

双语例句


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

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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