anxiety
/æŋ'zaiәti/
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中文释义

n. 焦虑, 忧虑, 令人焦虑的事

[医] 焦虑

英文释义

n. (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

n. a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

词形变化

近义词辨析
这组词都有“焦虑、关心”的意思,其区别是: - anxiety: 指对预料中的不祥之事的焦虑。 - concern: 作“关心”用时,是indifference(冷漠)的反义词,侧重对他人健康、安全等的关心,也可暗示对困难、危险或失败等的忧虑。 - care: 强调因出于责任感或顾虑等而产生的不安。 - worry: 侧重对未知事态演变的忧虑。