anxiety

英語

替代寫法

• anxietie

詞源

來自拉丁語 anxietās，來自anxius (“焦慮，掛念，痛苦，動亂”)，來自angō (“悲痛，麻煩”)，與古希臘語 ἄγχω (ánkhō, “窒息”)同族。等同於anxious +‎ -ety。參見anger；angst。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˌæŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ.ə.ti/

• 音頻 (美國)：

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• 韻部：-aɪɪti

名詞

anxiety (可數 和 不可數，複數 anxieties)

1. 焦慮，擔心
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, 章號 4, 出自 The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 268a.

     But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.

2. 對某事物的一種不安或苦惱的慾望
3. (病理學) 焦躁不安的狀態，有胸口悶和胃不舒服的感覺

同義詞

• care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress

相關詞

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衍生詞

• anxiety disorder
• castration anxiety
• climate anxiety
• eco-anxiety
• generalized anxiety disorder
• hangxiety
• performance anxiety
• range anxiety
• ringxiety
• separation anxiety
• separation anxiety disorder
• social anxiety
• social anxiety disorder

 

延伸閱讀

• “anxiety”，Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary，Springfield, Mass.：G. & C. Merriam，1913年，OCLC 800618302
• “anxiety”，The Century Dictionary […]，New York, N.Y.：The Century Co.，1911，OCLC 867766587