| 单词 | worried |
| 释义 | worried (once / 301 pages) adj The adjective worried describes someone who's uneasy or troubled about something. Imagine worried parents, up late, waiting for their teenager to arrive home from a party. Someone with a worried frown on his face always seems concerned. A worried email to your cousin who's traveling in the Middle East expresses your concern for her safety. The root of worried is the Old English word wyrgan, or strangle. It wasn't until the late 1800s that worried was used to describe feeling anxiety. WORD FAMILYworried: unworried, worriedly+/unworried: unworriedly/worrier: worriers/worriment: worriments/worrisome: worrisomely/worry: worried, worrier, worries, worriment, worrisome, worrying/worrying: worryingly, worryings USAGE EXAMPLESSome environmentalists are not too worried: they think economics may drive India's clean energy revolution. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) Dear Amy: I appreciated your advice to “Worried Future Mother-in-Law,” whose daughter was marrying a guy whose mother was belligerent when drunk. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) The White House is warning Trump officials not to reverse course and says Cubans are worried about the next administration’s intentions. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief worried parents a worried frown one last worried check of the sleeping children Syn disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset troubled characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need 2adj mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc not used to a city and worried about small things Syn apprehensive uneasy lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance |
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