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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7684 COCA: 7445

frantic

Word family 
fran·tic /ˈfræntɪk/ ●○○ adjectiveadj  
1  WORRIEDextremely worried and frightened about a situation, so that you cannot control your feelings 〔因极端焦急和恐惧而〕发疯似的；情绪失控的
get/become frantic
 There was still no news of Jill, and her parents were getting frantic.
仍然没有吉尔的消息，她的父母急得要疯了。
frantic with
 Your mother’s been frantic with worry wondering where you’ve been.
你的母亲不知道你去了哪里，担心得要发疯了。
2  HURRYextremely hurried and using a lot of energy, but not very organized 紧张忙乱的 SYN hectic
 I spent three frantic days trying to get everything ready.
我花了三天时间手忙脚乱地做准备。
frantic effort/attempt
 Despite our frantic efforts, we were unable to save the boy’s life.
尽管我们拼命努力，还是无法挽回小男孩的生命。
frantic pace/rush/haste etc
 There was a frantic rush to escape from the building.
人们四处狂奔，想要逃离大楼。
 a day of frantic activity
忙乱的一天
 a frantic search for her father
疯狂地搜寻她的父亲
—frantically /-kli/ adverbadv
 He frantically searched for the key.
他手忙脚乱地找钥匙。
Examples from the Corpus
frantic• There is still no news of the missing child and her parents are getting frantic.• I would have called, but the last few weeks have been frantic.• The knocking on the door and shouts became frantic.• The dog's barking grew frantic as I approached.• I spent three frantic days getting everything ready for Christmas.• The staff spent three frantic days trying to get everything ready.• Throughout the night, everyone mopped floors and washed wall in a frantic effort to clean the place up for the inspectors.• Hannah was a little less apt to become frantic in busy places, such as shopping malls and grocery stores.• There are vague, frantic movements inside the car, which is sinking faster now.• A frantic note had crept into Jane's voice.• Inspector Grimes was used to dealing with frantic parents.• Before the game there was a frantic rush to get the last few remaining tickets.• A stupendous cinema epic, reduced to a sort of frantic scurrying in a goldfish bowl, might merely seem ridiculous.• Some time ago I received a frantic telephone call from Carol, who had undergone successful hypnotic treatment about two years earlier.• It has to be here already, thought Fenella, trying to quiet the frantic thudding of her heart.• People were frantic, trying to call relatives after the earthquake.• Her eyes were frantic with fear, and she couldn't keep still.
get/become frantic• Hannah was a little less apt to become frantic in busy places, such as shopping malls and grocery stores.• Sometimes he just wanders off for days on end - we get frantic, not knowing where he is.• David Harper said he became frantic when the hay bales in the barn caught light.
frantic effort/attempt• But despite his frantic efforts he was unable to pull her free.• Ignoring her frantic efforts to break free, he'd tossed his charge card down on to the counter.• We felt like gods as we surveyed the distraught insects' frantic efforts to remove precious eggs from sight.• Staff made frantic attempts to revive him but he is thought to have suffered a massive heart attack.• Despite Zborowski's frantic efforts to sell his work, Modigliani's living was still very precarious.• This afternoon frantic efforts were being made to sort out the confusion.• His body had now completely relaxed after his frantic efforts with Molly a few minutes before.
From Longman Business Dictionary
franticfran·tic /ˈfræntɪk/ adjectiveadjFINANCE
if there is frantic trading on the stock market, people buy and sell a lot of currency, shares, COMMODITIES, etc in an urgent and unorganized way
The Bundesbank’s assistance was crucial in a day offrantic trading on the currency markets.
New York Stock Exchange trading was active but less frantic than on Monday.
Origin frantic
(1500-1600) frenetic
fran·tic adjectiveadj
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7684 COCA: 7445
frantic

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBS➤be, seem發狂；似乎發狂▸➤look, sound看上去／聽起來無法控制情感▸➤become, get, go, grow變得／開始／進而／越來越無法控制情感▸➤drive sb (especially BrE) 令某人發狂◇The children have been driving me frantic all day!孩子們一整天鬧得我都快瘋了！ADVERB➤really確實無法控制感情▸➤absolutely完全無法控制感情◇He was absolutely frantic by the time we got home.我們到家時，他已經急瘋了。➤increasingly越來越瘋狂▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／有些無法控制感情▸➤almost幾乎瘋了PREPOSITION➤with因⋯發狂◇We were starting to get frantic with worry.我們擔心得要發瘋了。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7684 COCA: 7445
frantic adj.
⇨ hysterical (frantic with worry) ⇨ wild 2 (Things are frantic in the office.)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7684 COCA: 7445
frantic
Feeling worried and nervous: worried, nervous, upset...
In an uncontrolled way: wildly, wild, madly...

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