anxious

anxious /'æɳkʃəs/
  • tính từ
    • áy náy, lo âu, lo lắng, băn khoăn
      • to be anxious about something: lo âu, áy náy về cái gì
      • to be anxious for someone: lo lắng cho ai
    • ước ao, khao khát; khắc khoải
      • to be anxious for sommething: khát khao điều gì
      • to be anxious to do something: ước ao làm gì
    • đáng lo ngại, nguy ngập
      • an anxious moment: lúc nguy ngập
      • an anxious state of affairs: sự tình đáng lo ngại
      • to be on the anxious seat (bench): bồn chồn sốt ruột như ngồi trên đống lửa

Xem thêm: anxious(p), dying(p), nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet



anxious

Từ điển Collocation

anxious adj.

VERBS appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound | become, get, grow The bus was late and Sue began to get anxious. | make sb The delays only made him more anxious.

ADV. desperately, extremely, very | increasingly She was watching the clock and becoming increasingly anxious. | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | genuinely | naturally, understandably Final-year students are naturally anxious about getting work after graduation. | unduly There's no need to get unduly anxious on my account. | suddenly

PREP. about I'm becoming very anxious about my son. | for We are extremely anxious for her safety.

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • eagerly desirous; anxious(p), dying(p)

    anxious to see the new show at the museum

    dying to hear who won

  • causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet

    spent an anxious night waiting for the test results

    cast anxious glances behind her

    those nervous moments before takeoff

    an unquiet mind

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: agitated concerned desirous eager fearful keen troubled uneasy worried
ant.: easy