fret
verb [intransitive, transitive]to be worried or unhappy and not able to relax 苦惱;煩躁;焦慮不安 Her baby starts to fret as soon as she goes out of the room. 她一走出房間,嬰兒就躁動起來。 Fretting, he looked again at his watch. 他煩躁不安,又看了看手表。 - fret about something
Fretting about it won't help. 苦惱於事無補。 - fret over something
He was fretting over his speech. 他在爲自己的演講煩惱。 - fret that…
She fretted that nobody would show up. 她擔心沒人會出現。
Word Originverb Old English fretan ‘devour, consume’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vreten and German fressen, and ultimately to eat.