anxious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈeɪ̯ŋkʃəs/|[ˈeɪ̯ŋkʃəs]|/ˈɛ̃ŋkʃəs/|[ˈɛ̃ŋkʃəs]

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Nervous and worried.
  2. Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
    — She was anxious to hear how her test results were.
  3. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
    — anxious labor
  4. Earnestly desirous.
    — He is anxious to please, so you can count on him.

词形变化

more anxious comparative anxiouser comparative most anxious superlative anxiousest superlative anctious alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
anxious bench anxiously anxiousness anxom hyperanxious hypoanxious nonanxious overanxious unanxious underanxious

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der.
Proto-Italic *anɣō
Latin angō
Latin ānxiusbor.
English anxious
Borrowed from Latin anxius, from angō (“to cause pain, choke”); akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). See anger; angst.
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