1620s, from Latin anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind" (also "causing anxiety, troublesome"), from angere, anguere "choke, squeeze," figuratively "torment, cause distress" (see anger (v.)). The same image is in Serbo-Croatian tjeskoba "anxiety," literally "tightness, narrowness." Related: Anxiously; anxiousness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. I believe he is most painfully anxious about Diana.
我相信他肯定非常擔(dān)心黛安娜。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. They were anxious to bring the washing in before it rained.
他們急于在下雨前把洗好的衣服收進(jìn)屋子。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.
政府迫切希望整件事能夠在庭外解決。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. Lloyd George was most anxious to be agreeable and pleasant.
勞埃德·喬治極力想表現(xiàn)得平易近人、和藹親切。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. I was anxious to get him here, away from family and friends.