fret

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fret1 /fret/ verb (fretted, fretting) [intransitiveI]

WORRIEDto worry about something, especially when there is no need 〔尤指不必要地〕烦恼，发愁

Don’t fret – everything will be all right.

别担心——一切都会好的。

fret about/over

She’s always fretting about the children.

她老是为孩子发愁。

fret that

men of fifty, fretting that they’re no longer young

因不再年轻而烦恼的50岁男人

Examples from the Corpus

fret• No wonder the Bears were fretting.• It can't help that he is fretting about possessions when he should be worrying about the state of his marriage.• For those of us who fret about ways in which modern technology distances us from understanding this programme was a revelation.• I'd sit in meetings, fretting about what was happening at home.• And don't fret about your brother, neither.• She worries and frets all the time -- I think it's because she's got no one to talk to about her problems.• Why is the White House fretting and sending emissaries to gauge what he really wants?• They fretted at Reno's tendency to give negotiations one last chance when the going got rough.• There was so much to achieve and I fretted endlessly about the work that was needed to co-ordinate it all.• There's no point in fretting over it now.• Opponents fret that the system might not provide enough help in times of rural economic crisis.• The horse cropped at a leisurely pace through the flat Fenland countryside, Illingworth fretting while my friend gazed about calmly.

fret about/over• Jolie spent her days fretting about boys and clothes.• She also had enough at Usher to occupy her mind without fretting about future possibilities.• Mandeville kept to himself, fretting about Southgate and when the additional soldiers would arrive.• As Father Maier fretted over the course of the meeting, Ray McGovern reveled in his momentary success.• I did not fret about the delay, because by now I had absolute confidence in the men I was working with.• But we need not fret over the details.• They are also fretting about the dull prospects for the imaging business that will be left behind.• The Cowboys started fretting about the Packers.• Few in the finance ministry will fret about this.

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