- [uncountable] anxiety (about/over something)
the state of feeling nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen 焦虑；忧虑 acute/intense/deep anxiety 非常／极度／深深的忧虑 Some hospital patients experience high levels of anxiety. 有些住院病人十分焦虑不安。 Waiting for exam results is a time of great anxiety. 等待考试成绩是一段非常焦虑的时间。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2A lot of anxiety surrounds the issue of human cloning. 人们对克隆人的问题很担忧。 His face betrayed his anxiety. 他的表情反映出他很焦虑。 The aim is to reduce anxiety and help the patients relax. 目的是减少焦虑，帮助患者放松。 The more reports I study the more my anxiety grows. 我研究的报告越多，我越是感到焦虑。 We seem to live in a state of free-floating anxiety that can attach itself to anything. 我们好像生活在游动性焦虑状态中，任何事情都能引起我们的焦虑。 anxiety at the deterioration of relations between the powers 对于强国之间关系恶化的担忧 I keep having this anxiety dream where I've forgotten to do something important. 我经常做焦虑梦，梦见自己忘记了做重要的事情。
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psychology 心理 a mental health problem that causes somebody to worry so much that it has a very negative effect on their daily life 焦虑： 一种心理健康问题，使人担心得太多，以至于对他们的日常生活产生非常不利的影响Some people are feeling the pressure and suffering from anxiety and depression. 有些人感受到了压力，患有焦虑和抑郁。 patients suffering from an anxiety disorder 患有焦虑性障碍的病人
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a worry or fear about something 担心；忧虑；害怕 Extra ExamplesA few anxieties surfaced during the meeting. 几件令人焦虑的事在会议期间浮现出来。 There are anxieties over the effects of unemployment. 对于失业后果有种种担忧。 They were encouraged to express their fears and anxieties. 鼓励他们说出恐惧和不安。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- considerable
- deep
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- arouse
- bring
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- grow
- arise
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- attack
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a strong feeling of wanting to do something or of wanting something to happen 渴望 - anxiety to do something
the candidate’s anxiety to win the vote 候选人对选举胜利的渴望 A couple of photographers fell over themselves in their anxiety to get a shot of her. 两个摄影师煞费苦心，急于想抓拍到她的照片。 - anxiety for something
the people’s anxiety for the war to end 人民对结束战争的渴望
- anxiety to do something
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French anxiété or Latin anxietas, from anxius, from angere ‘to choke’.