- [uncountable] anxiety (about/over something)
the state of feeling nervous or worried that something bad is going to happen 焦慮;憂慮 acute/intense/deep anxiety 非常/極度/深深的憂慮 Some hospital patients experience high levels of anxiety. 有些住院病人十分焦慮不安。 Waiting for exam results is a time of great anxiety. 等待考試成績是一段非常焦慮的時間。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2A lot of anxiety surrounds the issue of human cloning. 人們對克隆人的問題很擔憂。 His face betrayed his anxiety. 他的表情反映出他很焦慮。 The aim is to reduce anxiety and help the patients relax. 目的是減少焦慮,幫助患者放鬆。 The more reports I study the more my anxiety grows. 我研究的報告越多,我越是感到焦慮。 We seem to live in a state of free-floating anxiety that can attach itself to anything. 我們好像生活在遊動性焦慮狀態中,任何事情都能引起我們的焦慮。 anxiety at the deterioration of relations between the powers 對於強國之間關系惡化的擔憂 I keep having this anxiety dream where I've forgotten to do something important. 我經常做焦慮夢,夢見自己忘記了做重要的事情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
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- anxiety and depression
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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 焦慮: 一種心理健康問題,使人擔心得太多,以至於對他們的日常生活産生非常不利的影響Some people are feeling the pressure and suffering from anxiety and depression. 有些人感受到了壓力,患有焦慮和抑鬱。 patients suffering from an anxiety disorder 患有焦慮性障礙的病人
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a worry or fear about something 擔心;憂慮;害怕 Extra ExamplesA few anxieties surfaced during the meeting. 幾件令人焦慮的事在會議期間浮現出來。 There are anxieties over the effects of unemployment. 對於失業後果有種種擔憂。 They were encouraged to express their fears and anxieties. 鼓勵他們說出恐懼和不安。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- considerable
- deep
- …
- level
- arouse
- bring
- cause
- …
- grow
- arise
- arise from something
- …
- attack
- disorder
- dream
- …
- anxiety about
- anxiety at
- anxiety for
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- anxiety and depression
- fear and anxiety
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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 候選人對選舉勝利的渴望 A couple of photographers fell over themselves in their anxiety to get a shot of her. 兩個攝影師煞費苦心,急於想抓拍到她的照片。 - anxiety for something
the people’s anxiety for the war to end 人民對結束戰爭的渴望
- anxiety to do something
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French anxiété or Latin anxietas, from anxius, from angere ‘to choke’.