一、詳細釋義：


n.

焦慮，掛念 [U,C]


例句：

It proved difficult to disguise his anxiety.

他的焦慮難以掩飾。


例句：

They show great anxiety concerning their retirement allowance.

他們對自己的養(yǎng)老金問題顯得十分焦慮。


例句：

Anxiety ages us.

憂慮催人老。


焦慮的原因；令人焦慮之事 [U,C]


例句：

Some anxiety still lurked in her mind.

她心里還暗暗地有點不放心。


例句：

That is a great anxiety to me.

那是一件使我深感焦慮的事情。


渴望 [C]


例句：

His anxiety for knowledge is to be praised.

他對知識的渴求應該受到稱贊。


例句：

Their anxiety to go was obvious.

他們想去的急切心情是顯而易見的。


二、詞義辨析：


anxiety,worry,care,concern

這些名詞均含“焦慮、關心”之意。 anxiety指對預料中的不祥之事的焦慮。 worry側重對未知事態(tài)演變的憂慮。 care強調因出于責任感或顧慮等而產生的不安。 concern作“關心”用時，是indifference(冷漠)的反義詞，側重對他人健康、安全等的關心，也可暗示對困難、危險或失敗等的憂慮。


三、相關短語：


anxiety hysteria

焦慮性歇斯底里


anxiety neurosis

焦慮性神經癥，焦慮癥


castration anxiety

閹割憂慮


anxiety attack

【醫(yī)】 焦慮發(fā)作


四、參考例句：


Anxiety ages us.

憂慮催人老。


Anxiety would be extinct.

焦慮將會消失。


Anxiety turned his hair white.

焦慮使他的頭發(fā)變白了。


Anxiety may disorder the stomach.

憂慮可能會引起胃部不適。


He radiated anxiety to please.

他顯出急于想討好的樣子。


That is a great anxiety to me.

那是一件使我深感焦慮的事情。


Her voice was full of?anxiety.

她的聲音滿是焦慮不安。


Some anxiety still lurked in her mind.

她心里還暗暗地有點不放心。


This has caused us much anxiety.

這事使我們極為擔心。


His anxiety was apparent to everyone.

誰都看得出他很著急。