单词 | anxiety |
释义 | anxiety /ang zuy"i tee/, n. , pl. anxieties. 1. distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune: He felt anxiety about the possible loss of his job. 2. earnest but tense desire; eagerness: He had a keen anxiety to succeed in his work. 3. Psychiatry. a state of apprehension and psychic tension occurring in some forms of mental disorder. [1515-25; < L anxietas, equiv. to anxi(us) ANXIOUS + -etas, var. of -itas before a vowel] Syn. 1. fear, foreboding; worry, disquiet. See apprehension. Ant. 1. certainty, serenity, tranquillity. |
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