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anxious

Word family 
anx·ious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjectiveadj  
1  WORRIEDworried about something 焦虑的，不安的，担心的
anxious about
 He was a bit anxious about the safety of the machinery.
他有点担心机器的安全性。
anxious for
 We were anxious for you.
我们为你担心。
anxious (that)
 She was anxious that it might be cancer.
她担心可能是癌症。
an anxious look/expression
 She gave me an anxious look.
她焦急地看了我一眼。
► see thesaurus at worried
n GRAMMAR: Prepositions with anxious
You are anxious about something:
She is anxious about the interview.
✗Don’t say: She is anxious for the interview.
You are anxious for another person (=worried that something bad might have happened to them):
They are anxious for their son.
2  WORRIEDan anxious time or situation is one in which you feel nervous or worried 〔时间或形势〕紧张的，使人焦虑的 SYN worrying
 We had an anxious couple of weeks waiting for the test results.
我们惴惴不安地过了几个礼拜，等待考试成绩出来。
 There was an anxious moment when the plane suddenly dropped.
飞机突然下坠，那一刻让人很紧张。
3  WORRIEDfeeling strongly that you want to do something or want something to happen 渴望的，急切的 SYN keen
anxious to do something
 The company is anxious to improve its image.
那家公司急于改善形象。
 He seemed most anxious to speak to me alone.
他似乎迫切地想同我单独谈谈。
 The president is anxious not to have another crisis.
总统亟欲避免另一场危机。
anxious for somebody to do something
 Why was she so anxious for me to stay?
她为什么非要我留下来？
anxious for
 We were all anxious for news.
我们都在焦急地等待消息。
anxious (that)
 Both sides were anxious that the agreement should be signed as quickly as possible.
双方都急着想尽快签署协议。
—anxiously adverbadv
 She waited anxiously by the phone.
她焦急地在电话机旁等着。
Examples from the Corpus
anxious• She knew it was a simple operation, but she still felt anxious.• When you become anxious about sleeplessness, you actually make the problem worse.• Helen is always anxious about travelling alone.• Some one with early stages of brain failure can be very aware of it, and anxious about what is happening to him/her.• Gail was feeling anxious and depressed.• Some parents found social work visits made them fearful and anxious and their self-esteem was reduced.• But he's just a bit anxious because you have never flown before.• That flexibility itself is generally associated with more harmonious households and less anxious child-rearing.• In the anxious days that followed, Henry tried to keep his mind off his results.• anxious employees• an anxious glance• Mae cast an anxious look in his direction.• For one anxious moment, I thought the rope was going to break.• There were a few anxious moments for Morgan near the end of the match.• But Roy had thrown away his script, and he spent an anxious plane journey trying to remember his lines.• Anxious relatives waited at the airport for news of the plane crash.• After a long and anxious spell, she recovered.• And, indeed, she was more than anxious to do what she could to help look after the twins.• "Please come with me, " she said in an anxious voice.• After an anxious wait, Audrey was told her father had died.• Her long and anxious wait for breakfast had caused her so much stress, that she had developed colic and died.
anxious (that)• He fidgeted with a basketball, anxious for the five-minute conversation to end.• When he got to the third computer, Mrs Boatwright and I exchanged an anxious little glance.• She grew up fearful of authority and anxious to comply with it.• And, indeed, she was more than anxious to do what she could to help look after the twins.• But today he was on edge, anxious to have a distasteful duty done, careful that there should be no mistakes.• They are particularly anxious to hear from a man they think may have witnessed one attack.• Clinton, as usual, was merely anxious to please.
anxious (that)• He fidgeted with a basketball, anxious for the five-minute conversation to end.• When he got to the third computer, Mrs Boatwright and I exchanged an anxious little glance.• She grew up fearful of authority and anxious to comply with it.• And, indeed, she was more than anxious to do what she could to help look after the twins.• But today he was on edge, anxious to have a distasteful duty done, careful that there should be no mistakes.• They are particularly anxious to hear from a man they think may have witnessed one attack.• Clinton, as usual, was merely anxious to please.
Origin anxious
(1600-1700) Latin anxius
anx·ious adjectiveadj →n GRAMMAR1
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