anxious

• adj. 焦慮的；擔憂的；渴望的；急切的

來自anger古義，焦急。字母g, x 音變。

anxious (adj.)

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.

1. I believe he is most painfully anxious about Diana.

我相信他肯定非常擔心黛安娜。

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2. They were anxious to bring the washing in before it rained.

他們急於在下雨前把洗好的衣服收進屋子。

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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。

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4. Lloyd George was most anxious to be agreeable and pleasant.

勞埃德·喬治極力想表現得平易近人、和藹親切。

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5. I was anxious to get him here, away from family and friends.

我急於把他帶到這兒，遠離家人和朋友。

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