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My pet-peeve-diluted-word is “anxious”. It used to mean “fearful” and was similar to a feeling of dread. Its root is, after all, “anxiety”! But today “anxious” can also mean “eager” as in: “I’m anxious for Christmas morning to finally arrive!” So, I always ask what...
2.forbid;I forbid you to go swimming.3.anxious;He was anxious for her safety.4.get on with;She found it difficult to get on with him. 1.speakv.谈话演讲,talkv.说话;谈论,例句句意为“你说话能大点声吗?”2.forbidv.禁止;妨碍,allowv.允许,故forbid和not allow意思相似,例句句意为“我禁止...
anxious (adj.) 1620s, "greatly troubled by uncertainties," from Latin anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind" (also "causing anxiety, troublesome"), from angere, anguere "to choke, squeeze," figuratively "to torment, cause distress" (from PIE root *angh- "tight, painfully ...
anxious (is) – niviorpok, akkunigosukpok apple of the eye – takubvik, iyaroak approachable (is) – illeranaitok (morally) tikitarealik (physically) approves with one’s head – okkungiarpok, angerpok apt (is) – piyungnartok, ayungitok, namaktok ...
late 14c., "hot-tempered, irascible; incensed, openly wrathful," fromanger(n.) +-y(2). The Old Norse adjective wasongrfullr"sorrowful," and Middle English hadangerful"anxious, eager" (mid-13c.).Angry young mandates to 1941 but was popularized in reference to John Osborne's play "Look...
根据 “They took me to the doctor. ”和“I was diagnosed as depressed and anxious.”可知,是在医院检查后,医生给出了结论。故选C。 【30题详解】 考查动词词义辨析。句意:经过一番反思,我意识到我不能独自完成所有的事情,这还可以,我并不软弱。 A. defended 保卫,防御; B. realized 认识到; C. ...
VOA慢速英语 Words and Their Stories 听力填空+语法填空 练习 09 Learn How to “Read the Room” Words in This Story anxious – adj. afraid or nervous about what may happen焦虑的;渴望的 mood – n. a person's emotional state心情;情绪 collective-- of, by or relating to a group or society...
viol an old instrument, usually with six strings, similar to a violin but held in a vertical position like a 'cello vittles food (a colloquial word derived from victuals) waif homeless person wain wagon; The Wain the constellation of the Plough or Big Dipper wan pale wards the notches and...