| 释义 |
worriment Chiefly U.S.|ˈwʌrɪmənt|
[f. worry v. + -ment.]
The act of worrying or causing anxiety; the state of being worried or troubled in mind. Also, something that harasses or causes worry.
1833S. Smith Life & Writings Major J. Downing 161 I've had a good many head-flaws and worriments in my life time. 1855Haliburton Nat. & Hum. Nature I. v. 128 The worriment we have had about money lately has set you a dreaming. 1863B. Taylor H. Thurston I. iv. 91 Over and over again he had been on the point of giving her up, out of sheer worriment and exhaustion of soul. 1866‘G. F. Harrington’ Inside i. 9 It was a special weapon in her arsenal in the worriment of her husband. 1883E. P. Roe in Harper's Mag. Dec. 46/1 Her slight tendency to worry saved others a world of worriment. 1886B. Roosevelt Copper Queen I. x. 165 Ready with vinegar, hartshorn, and the usual worriments towards resuscitation. 1912L. A. Harker Mr. Wycherly's Wards vii. 108, I don't know how they'll take this fresh worriment. |