anxiety

英语

替代写法

• anxietie

词源

来自拉丁语 anxietās，来自anxius (“焦虑，挂念，痛苦，动乱”)，来自angō (“悲痛，麻烦”)，与古希腊语 ἄγχω (ánkhō, “窒息”)同族。等同于anxious +‎ -ety。参见anger；angst。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˌæŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ.ə.ti/

• 音频 (美国)

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• 韵部：-aɪɪti

名词

anxiety (可数 和 不可数, 复数 anxieties)

1. 焦虑，担心
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, 章号 4, 出自 The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.

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   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 268a.

     But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.

2. 对某事物的一种不安或苦恼的欲望
3. (病理学) 焦躁不安的状态，有胸口闷和胃不舒服的感觉

同义词

• care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress

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衍生词

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• separation anxiety
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延伸阅读

• “anxiety”, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
• “anxiety”, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587