单词 | over-anxiety |
释义 | over-anxietyn. Excessive or undue anxiety. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > uneasiness or anxiety > condition of being excessively anxious over-anxiety1812 1812 I. Keith Let. in Compl. M. Fleming (1935) 183 I fear my own over anxiety to produce a likeness will..be fatal to my success in the attempt. 1858 W. M. Baker Life & Labours Rev. D. Baker 310 We could plainly see that the over-anxiety of a mother's love had set her imagination to roving. 1864 E. F. H. Let. 26 June in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1899) 2nd Ser. VII. 727 Over-anxiety is a very dangerous thing. No people detect it quicker than rebels. 1927 W. Brown Mind & Personality xiv. 186 Over-anxiety counteracts the effects of therapeutic suggestion. 1955 Times 13 July 3/4 Both sides made mistakes through over-anxiety. 1998 Sunday Times (Nexis) 14 June (Sport section) Over-anxiety is a condition that tends to worsen in the latter stages of a game. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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