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单词 anxious
释义

anxiousadjective

uk/ˈæŋk.ʃəs/us/ˈæŋk.ʃəs/

anxious adjective (WORRIED)

B1 worried and nervous:

My mother always gets a bit anxious if we don't arrive when we say we will.
I saw my sister's anxious face at the window.
The drought has made farmers anxious about the harvest.

More examples

  • There was nothing in his demeanour that suggested he was anxious.
  • Knots of anxious people stood waiting in the hall.
  • I've never seen her worried or anxious in any way - she's so laid-back.
  • It's natural that you should feel anxious when you first leave home.
  • As the date of his operation drew near, he became more and more anxious.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Anxious and worried

  • (all) hot and bothered idiom
  • -racked
  • a bundle of nerves idiom
  • aflutter
  • agitate
  • alarmed
  • apprehensive
  • awkward
  • demented
  • dread
  • get in a sweat idiom
  • grim
  • harassed
  • haunted
  • have a cow idiom
  • prey on sth
  • rattled
  • rest easy idiom
  • restive
  • restless

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anxious adjective (EAGER)

B2 eager to do something:

Developing countries that are anxious for hard currency can rarely afford to protect the environment.
[ + to infinitive ] I'm anxious to get home to open my presents.
[ + that ] I'm anxious that we get there on time because I don't think there'll be many seats left.

More examples

  • She eased the key into the lock, anxious not to wake anyone.
  • The mayor and the city council are anxious to avoid getting entangled in the controversy.
  • The universities are anxious to preserve their autonomy from central government.
  • I'm anxious to avoid the motorway at rush hour.
  • We left early, anxious to make it back to Florence before sundown.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Excited, interested and enthusiastic

  • aflutter
  • agog
  • all of a flutter idiom
  • amped
  • animated
  • be as high as a kite idiom
  • fanatical
  • fascinated
  • fasten
  • fasten on/upon sth
  • float sb's boat idiom
  • flushed
  • flutter
  • knot
  • overzealous
  • passionate
  • pop-eyed
  • potty
  • psyched
  • sniff

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anxiously
adverb uk/ˈæŋk.ʃəs.li/us/ˈæŋk.ʃəs.li/

B2

We waited anxiously by the phone.
Tomorrow the children will receive their anxiously (= eagerly) awaited presents.
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