一、详细释义：


adj.

（令人）焦虑的；挂念的


例句：

The week of the flood was an anxious time for all of us.

闹水灾的那一星期是使我们大家都焦虑不安的日子。


例句：

He looks anxious.

他显出忧虑的样子。


渴望的


例句：

We're anxious for your safe return.

我们盼望你平安归来。


例句：

I'm really anxious to see him.

我急于见他。


二、词义辨析：


anxious,eager,keen

这些形容词均有“急切的，渴望的”之意。 anxious强调因忧虑、关注或害怕而产生的急切心情。 eager侧重于急于成功的迫切心情。 keen强调因兴趣强烈或欲望而急于做某事。


三、参考例句：


He looks anxious.

他显出忧虑的样子。


We were anxious for you.


Does change make you anxious

变化是否会令你感到焦虑？


Knowing the truth relieved the anxious parents.

知道事情的真相使焦急的父母大为宽心。


Her face was anxious and sorrowful.

她满面悲愁。


We have been anxious about you.

我们一直在为你们着急。


We were anxious for her safety.

我们为她的安全担惊受怕。


Thain was anxious for a new challenge.

塞恩开始渴望新的挑战。


The whole country was anxious for peace.

全国上下都渴望和平。


Trifles loom large to an anxious mind.

顾虑多的人，草木皆兵。