詞彙精選：anxious的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

adj.

（令人）焦慮的；掛念的

例句：

The week of the flood was an anxious time for all of us.

鬧水災的那一星期是使我們大家都焦慮不安的日子。

例句：

He looks anxious.

他顯出憂慮的樣子。

渴望的

例句：

We're anxious for your safe return.

我們盼望你平安歸來。

例句：

I'm really anxious to see him.

我急於見他。

二、詞義辨析：

anxious,eager,keen

這些形容詞均有“急切的，渴望的”之意。anxious強調因憂慮、關注或害怕而產生的急切心情。eager側重於急於成功的迫切心情。keen強調因興趣強烈或慾望而急於做某事。

三、參考例句：

He looks anxious.

他顯出憂慮的樣子。

We were anxious for you.

Does change make you anxious

變化是否會令你感到焦慮？

Knowing the truth relieved the anxious parents.

知道事情的真相使焦急的父母大爲寬心。

Her face was anxious and sorrowful.

她滿面悲愁。

We have been anxious about you.

我們一直在爲你們着急。

We were anxious for her safety.

我們爲她的安全擔驚受怕。

Thain was anxious for a new challenge.

塞恩開始渴望新的挑戰。

The whole country was anxious for peace.

全國上下都渴望和平。

Trifles loom large to an anxious mind.

顧慮多的人，草木皆兵。