单词 | over-anxiously |
释义 | over-anxiouslyadv. In an over-anxious manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adverb] > in an uneasy manner > in an excessively anxious manner over-anxiously1775 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Overanxiously. 1793 W. Godwin Enq. conc. Polit. Justice x, in A. E. Rodway Godwin & Age Transition (1975) 185 Let us not over-anxiously watch for occasions and events. 1851 J. F. W. Johnston Notes N. Amer. 366 It does not appear to me that Canada ought to be over-anxiously urgent with officials at Washington. 1876 W. Swinton Biole Word-bk. 97 The precept does not signify that we are not to have proper thought or consideration for our life, but that we are not to be unduly or over-anxiously solicitous regarding it. 1891 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 162/1 Against these stood always a very fine general constitution, and a rather over-anxiously guarded fashion of life. 1950 J. S. Plant Envelope xiv. 171 The parent overanxiously watches every step. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Mar. d1 [He] won a number of points when Mitton over-anxiously went for big forehand and overhit them. 2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 25 Aug. 13 Business..usually tends to respond over-anxiously to threats of industrial disruption. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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