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anx·ious AHD[ăngkʹshəs, ăngʹshəs] D.J.[ˈæŋkʃəs, ˈæŋʃəs]K.K.[ˈæŋkʃəs, ˈæŋʃəs]adj.（形容词）- Uneasy and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter; worried.焦虑的，担心的：对不确定事件或事情感到不安的及忧虑的；担心的
- Attended with, showing, or causing anxiety:令人焦虑不安的：充满焦虑的，表现或引起焦虑的：spent an anxious night waiting for the test results.因等待测试结果而度过一个焦虑不安的夜晚
- Usage Problem Eagerly or earnestly desirous.【用法疑难】 急切渴望的，热切渴望的
- From Latin ānxius 源自 拉丁语 ānxius
- from angere [to torment] * see angh- 源自 angere [折磨，痛苦，苦恼] * 参见 angh-
anxʹiously adv.（副词）anxʹiousness n.（名词）- Anxious has a long history of use roughly as a synonym for eager, but many would prefer that the distinction between the two words be maintained and thatanxious be used only when its subject is worried or uneasy about the anticipated event. In the traditional view, one may sayWe are anxious to see the strike settled soon but notWe are anxious to see the new show of British sculpture at the museum. Fifty-two percent of the Usage Panel rejectsanxious in the latter sentence. But general adoption ofanxious to mean "eager" is understandable, at least in colloquial discourse,since it provides a means of adding emotional urgency to an assertion,in its implication that the subject's desire for a certain outcome is so strong that frustration of that desire will lead to unhappiness.Note, in this connection, the analogous use of sentences such asI'm dying to see your new baby in informal style. Anxious 在很长一段时间以来，一直大致作为 eager 的同义词来用， 但很多人喜欢保留这两个词之间的区别，即只有当主体对预测事件忧虑不安时才用anxious 。 在传统观点看来，可以说我们渴望看到罢工问题很快解决 ， 但不能说我们渴望在博物馆里见到新的英国雕塑展览。 52%的用法使用小组成员反对anxious 在后一个句子中的用法。 但通常用anxious 来表示"eager"是可以理解的， 至少在口语中是这样，既然它加强了某一主张在感情上的迫切性，它隐喻的一层意思就是，主体对某一特定结果的愿望是如此强烈，以至于这种欲望受挫就会导致不愉快。注意与此有关的类似句子如我很渴望见到你们新出生的孩子 也是非正式的
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