词汇精选：anxiety的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
焦虑，挂念 [U,C]
例句：
It proved difficult to disguise his anxiety.
他的焦虑难以掩饰。
例句：
They show great anxiety concerning their retirement allowance.
他们对自己的养老金问题显得十分焦虑。
例句：
Anxiety ages us.
忧虑催人老。
焦虑的原因；令人焦虑之事 [U,C]
例句：
Some anxiety still lurked in her mind.
她心里还暗暗地有点不放心。
例句：
That is a great anxiety to me.
那是一件使我深感焦虑的事情。
渴望 [C]
例句：
His anxiety for knowledge is to be praised.
他对知识的渴求应该受到称赞。
例句：
Their anxiety to go was obvious.
他们想去的急切心情是显而易见的。
二、词义辨析：
anxiety,worry,care,concern
这些名词均含“焦虑、关心”之意。anxiety指对预料中的不祥之事的焦虑。worry侧重对未知事态演变的忧虑。care强调因出于责任感或顾虑等而产生的不安。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。
三、相关短语：
anxiety hysteria
焦虑性歇斯底里
anxiety neurosis
焦虑性神经症，焦虑症
castration anxiety
阉割忧虑
anxiety attack
【医】 焦虑发作
四、参考例句：
Anxiety ages us.
忧虑催人老。
Anxiety would be extinct.
焦虑将会消失。
Anxiety turned his hair white.
焦虑使他的头发变白了。
Anxiety may disorder the stomach.
忧虑可能会引起胃部不适。
He radiated anxiety to please.
他显出急于想讨好的样子。
That is a great anxiety to me.
那是一件使我深感焦虑的事情。
Her voice was full of anxiety.
她的声音满是焦虑不安。
Some anxiety still lurked in her mind.
她心里还暗暗地有点不放心。
This has caused us much anxiety.
这事使我们极为担心。
His anxiety was apparent to everyone.
谁都看得出他很着急。
