VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound顯得焦慮;發愁;感到憂慮;看上去很擔心;好像很發愁;聽起來很憂慮▸➤become, get, grow變得憂心忡忡;開始焦慮不安◇The bus was late and Sue began to get anxious.公共汽車晚點了,休開始擔憂起來。➤make sb使某人擔心◇The delays only made him more anxious.延誤只能使他更加擔心。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常擔心▸➤desperately, incredibly, terribly極其憂慮;憂慮得令人難以置信;非常憂慮▸➤increasingly越來越擔心◇She was watching the clock and becoming increasingly anxious.她盯着鐘,越來越焦慮不安。➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些焦急▸➤naturally, understandably自然感到擔心;可以理解地擔憂◇Students are understandably anxious about getting work after graduation.學生對畢業後找工作感到擔憂,這是可以理解的。➤overly, unduly過於擔憂;過分擔心◇There's no need to get unduly anxious on my account.沒有必要過分為我擔心。PREPOSITION➤about為⋯感到擔心◇I'm becoming very anxious about my son.我開始為兒子感到憂心忡忡。➤for為⋯感到擔憂◇We are extremely anxious for her safety.我們極為擔心她的安全。