worry
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they worry | |
| he / she / it worries | |
| past simple worried | |
| past participle worried | |
| -ing form worrying |
- [intransitive]
to keep thinking about unpleasant things that might happen or about problems that you have 担心；担忧；发愁 Don't worry. We have plenty of time. 不必担心。我们有很多时间。 Stop worrying, Dad—it'll be fine. 别担心，爸爸——会好的。 - worry about somebody/something
Don't worry about me. I'll be all right. 别为我担忧。我会没事的。 He's always worrying about his weight. 他总是为自己的体重发愁。 Never mind—it's nothing to worry about. 没关系——没什么可担心的。 That's not something you need to worry about. 那不是你需要担心的事情。 - worry about doing something
You can stay here tonight, so you don't have to worry about walking home in the dark. 你今晚可以呆在这里，这样你就不用担心在黑暗中走回家。 - worry over somebody/something
There's no point in worrying over things you can't change. 对改变不了的事情担心也没用。 - worry for somebody/something
She's my sister, and I worry for her safety. 她是我妹妹，我担心她的安全。 She began to worry for her friend. 她开始为她的朋友担心。 - worry (that)…
I worry that I won't get into college. 我担心自己进不了大学。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa2Don't bother Harry—he has enough to worry about as it is. 不要打扰哈里 － 他的烦心事已经够多了。 Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. 不要为我担心，我不会有事的。 Don't worry too much about it. 不要对此过于担心。 I can't help worrying about the future. 我禁不住担心未来。 She worries a lot about crime. 她为犯罪活动忧心忡忡。 We can't help worrying for your safety. 我们禁不住担心你的安全。 You do worry unnecessarily, you know. 你应该明白，你的担心纯粹是多余的。 You worry too much. 你过于担心了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a lot
- particularly
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- not let something
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- can’t help worrying
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- [transitive]
to make somebody/yourself anxious about somebody/something 使担心；使担忧；使发愁 - worry somebody/yourself
What worries me is how I am going to get another job. 使我发愁的是如何再找到工作。 That prospect worried investors. 这一前景令投资者担忧。 - worry somebody/yourself about somebody/something
Don't worry yourself about it—I'll deal with it. 别担心，我会处理的。 - worry somebody/yourself + adj. about somebody/something
He's worried himself sick (= become extremely anxious) about his daughter. 他的女儿可把他愁坏了。 - worry somebody/yourself + adj.
Where have you been? I've been worrying myself silly (= been extremely anxious) all evening. 你去哪儿了？整个晚上我都在担心自己。 - it worries somebody that…
It worries me that he hasn't come home yet. 他还没有回家，这叫我放心不下。 - it worries somebody to do something
It worried me to think what might happen. 想到可能会发生的事情我就发愁了。
Extra ExamplesDon't let it worry you unduly. 不要让此事过于困扰你。 What really worries me is what we do if there's nobody there. 我真正担心的是，假如那儿没有人，我们怎么办。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a lot
- particularly
- really
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- not let something
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- can’t help worrying
- enough to worry about
- nothing to worry about
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- worry somebody/yourself
- [transitive]
to annoy or upset somebody 骚扰；烦扰；使不安宁 - worry somebody
The noise never seems to worry her. 这噪音似乎从不让她厌烦。 - worry somebody with something
Don't keep worrying him with a lot of silly questions. 别老用许多愚蠢的问题打扰他。 I didn't want to worry you with all the details. 我不想让你担心所有的细节。 Don't worry the driver with unnecessary requests. 不要提些没必要的要求打扰驾驶员。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a lot
- particularly
- really
- …
- not let something
- not need to
- begin to
- …
- about
- for
- with
- …
- can’t help worrying
- enough to worry about
- nothing to worry about
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- worry somebody
- [transitive] worry something
(of a dog 狗 to attack animals, especially sheep, by running after and/or biting them 攻击，撕咬（动物，尤指羊）
Word OriginOld English wyrgan ‘strangle’, of West Germanic origin. In Middle English the original sense of the verb gave rise to the meaning ‘seize by the throat and tear’, later figuratively ‘harass’, which led to the sense ‘cause anxiety to’ (early 19th century, the date also of the noun).