| 单词 | hectic |
| 释义 | hectic (once / 3980 pages) adj Things that are hectic tend to be happen quickly and all at once — that's why a hectic day makes people nervous. Think about a calm, beautiful island with the sun shining and nothing to do but read a book. That kind of peacefulness is the opposite of hectic. When things get hectic, people sometimes say things are getting crazy or bananas: events are happening too fast for us to keep up, so we tend to get agitated or even angry. Because there's so much work to do, being a student is often a hectic job. WORD FAMILYhectic: hectically USAGE EXAMPLESThe atmosphere is as calm and leisurely as Windjammer is hectic, although suite guests are free to dine at the latter if they like. New York Times(Apr 23, 2016) DeMatha dove into a hectic December schedule and quickly started sinking. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) In The Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips said it is “rough around the edges, hectic in its crosscutting but increasingly effective as kinetic cinema.” New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) adj marked by intense agitation or emotion Syn feverish agitated troubled emotionally and usually deeply |
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