ADJECTIVE | VERB + WORRY | WORRY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, considerable, great, main, major, serious大心事;極度煩惱的事◇Paying the mortgage is a big worry for many people.償付抵押貸款對許多人來說是一件很頭痛的事。◇Her mother's poor health caused her considerable worry.她母親身體狀況欠佳讓她相當憂慮。◇My greatest worry is that he'll do something stupid.我最擔心他會去做蠢事。➤genuine, real真正的煩惱▸➤growing, increasing與日俱增的煩惱▸➤slight小煩惱▸➤day-to-day日常的煩惱▸➤constant持續的煩惱◇The money side of things has been a constant worry.資金方面一直令人苦惱。➤unnecessary不必要的擔心◇She gave her parents unnecessary worry when she forgot to call them.她忘記給父母打電話,引起他們不必要的擔心。➤immediate當前的煩惱◇My immediate worry is money.我當前的煩惱就是錢。➤nagging, niggling揮之不去的憂慮◇I had a nagging worry that we weren't going to get there.我有個憂慮揮之不去,就是擔心我們到不了那裏。➤secret內心的擔憂◇It was a relief to share my secret worries with him.把心中的擔憂告訴他後,我如釋重負。➤business, economic, financial, money生意上的/經濟上的/財政上的/金錢上的擔憂▸➤health健康方面的擔心VERB + WORRY➤have有煩心事◇That year he had major health worries.那一年他健康“亮紅燈”,令他大為擔憂。➤be beset by受煩心事的困擾◇She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必為金錢擔憂。➤be frantic with, be out of your mind with, be sick with擔心得發狂;愁得要命◇I didn't know where he was and I was frantic with worry.我不知道他在哪裏,擔心得都要發瘋了。➤express, voice表示/表達擔心▸➤share分擔憂慮▸➤cause (sb), give sb令(某人)擔憂;讓某人擔憂▸➤add to, increase增加憂慮◇The fact that she heard nothing from him only increased her worry.聽不到他的任何消息加重了她的擔心。➤forget忘記煩惱◇Try and forget your worries for a little while.試着暫時忘掉你的煩惱。➤alleviate, assuage, ease, soothe減輕憂慮▸➤remove, take away, take out of sth排除憂慮◇Take the worry out of flying with our travel insurance offer.有我們提供的旅遊保險您可安心乘飛機。➤dismiss對擔憂不理會◇For years, the government has dismissed our worries as unfounded.多年來,政府一直認為我們是瞎擔心而不予受理。WORRY + VERB➤disappear, melt擔心消失▸➤prove groundless, prove unfounded擔憂被證明是無根據的◇Most of Nigel's worries proved groundless.奈傑爾的大部份擔心被證明是毫無根據的。➤plague sb擔憂折磨着某人◇These worries plagued him constantly.這些擔憂不斷地折磨着他。PREPOSITION➤amid worries在憂慮中◇The dollar has fallen to a new low amid worries that the American economy is heading for trouble.由於人們普遍擔心美國經濟將陷入困境,美元匯率再創新低。➤worry about, worry over為⋯擔心◇They will not have worries over money.他們將不必為金錢擔心。➤worry to對⋯而言的心事◇His mother's health is an enormous worry to him.他母親的健康狀況是他的一大心事。PHRASES➤cause for worry擔心的原因◇There is no immediate cause for worry.目前沒有什麼可擔心的。➤free from worry無憂無慮➤have no worries on that score (BrE) 那方面不用擔心◇The staff all work very hard-we've no worries on that score.全體員工工作都非常賣力 - 我們對此不必擔心。➤the least of your worries最不愁的事◇At the moment, the car is the least of my worries.目前,汽車是我最不發愁的事。➤no worries! (especially BrE) 不要擔心!◇No worries-there's plenty of time.不要擔心 - 時間足夠了。➤a source of worry憂慮的來源◇Money is a constant source of worry.金錢永遠是件讓人頭痛的事。worry
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ADVERB | VERB + WORRY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤a lot, particularly, really, terribly很擔心;非常煩惱;極為焦慮◇She worries a lot about crime.她為犯罪活動憂心忡忡。◇What really worries me is what we do if there's nobody there.我真正擔心的是,假如那兒沒有人,我們怎麼辦。➤slightly稍有些擔心▸➤excessively, needlessly, too much, unduly, unnecessarily過度擔心;不必要地擔心;過分焦慮;多餘地擔心◇You do worry unnecessarily, you know.你應該明白,你的擔心純粹是多餘的。➤not too much不要過於擔心◇Don't worry too much about it.不要對此過於擔心。➤constantly始終擔心VERB + WORRY➤not let sth, not need to不讓⋯煩擾;沒必要擔心◇Don't let it worry you unduly.不要讓此事過於困擾你。➤begin to開始擔憂▸➤tell sb not to告訴某人不要擔心PREPOSITION➤about為⋯擔心◇Don't worry about me, I'll be fine.不要為我擔心,我不會有事的。➤for為⋯擔心◇We can't help worrying for your safety.我們禁不住擔心你的安全。➤with以⋯煩擾◇Don't worry the driver with unnecessary requests.不要提些沒必要的要求打擾駕駛員。PHRASES➤can't help worrying禁不住擔心◇I can't help worrying about the future.我禁不住擔心未來。➤enough to worry about, nothing to worry about擔心的事夠多的;沒什麼可擔心的◇Don't bother Harry-he has enough to worry about as it is.不要打擾哈里 - 他的煩心事已經夠多了。➤stop worrying停止發愁◇Stop worrying, Dad, we'll be fine.別發愁了,爸爸,我們不會有事的。◇How can I make her stop worrying so much?我怎樣才能讓她不再這麼發愁呢?➤worry yourself sick, worry yourself to death (bothinformal) 愁得要死