anxious
英 ['??(k)??s]
美['??k??s]
- adj. 焦慮的；擔(dān)憂的；渴望的；急切的
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詞態(tài)變化
比較級(jí):?more anxious;最高級(jí):?most anxious;副詞:?anxiously;
助記提示
1. 諧音“俺渴想死、俺可想死”-----俺可想死你了。
中文詞源
anxious 焦急的
來(lái)自anger古義，焦急。字母g, x 音變。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. I believe he is most painfully anxious about Diana.
- 我相信他肯定非常擔(dān)心黛安娜。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. They were anxious to bring the washing in before it rained.
- 他們急于在下雨前把洗好的衣服收進(jìn)屋子。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.
- 政府迫切希望整件事能夠在庭外解決。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Lloyd George was most anxious to be agreeable and pleasant.
- 勞埃德·喬治極力想表現(xiàn)得平易近人、和藹親切。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. I was anxious to get him here, away from family and friends.
- 我急于把他帶到這兒，遠(yuǎn)離家人和朋友。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句