| 单词 | age of anxiety |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAge of Anxiety Age of Anxiety n. any period of time characterized by great concern about what will happen in the near future; (now usually) spec. a historical era (esp. the mid to late 20th cent.) characterized by widespread anxiety about the course of events.In later use popularized by the title of W. H. Auden's 1947 poem ‘The Age of Anxiety’, set during the Second World War (1939–45). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > uneasiness or anxiety > any period characterized by anxiety or danger Age of Anxiety1823 1823 J. Mackintosh in Monthly Repository Jan. 45/2 My life has been variegated, and has left little for the prosecution of projects that were formed in my early life, and the age of repose has been converted into an age of anxiety. 1914 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 8 30 If we can forget the Balkans we must face a new age of anxiety as to eastern Asia. 1946 Musical Times 87 111/1 In an age of anxiety I find realists refreshing. 1953 Economist 7 Nov. 413/1 The main change is to be found between the nineteenth and the twentieth century outlooks... A survey which ignores it..fails to achieve a complete relevance to the current Age of Anxiety. 2006 H. Johnson Age of Anxiety 569 Sources covering the period of the Cold War and beyond into our new Age of Anxiety and terrorism. < as lemmas |
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