anxious
英['æŋ(k)ʃəs]
美['æŋkʃəs]
- adj. 焦虑的；担忧的；渴望的；急切的
词态变化
比较级: more anxious;最高级: most anxious;副词: anxiously;
助记提示
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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