1620s, from Latin anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind" (also "causing anxiety, troublesome"), from angere, anguere "choke, squeeze," figuratively "torment, cause distress" (see anger (v.)). The same image is in Serbo-Croatian tjeskoba "anxiety," literally "tightness, narrowness." Related: Anxiously; anxiousness.
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1. I believe he is most painfully anxious about Diana.
我相信他肯定非常担心黛安娜。
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2. They were anxious to bring the washing in before it rained.
他们急于在下雨前把洗好的衣服收进屋子。
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3. The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.
政府迫切希望整件事能够在庭外解决。
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4. Lloyd George was most anxious to be agreeable and pleasant.
劳埃德·乔治极力想表现得平易近人、和蔼亲切。
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5. I was anxious to get him here, away from family and friends.
