Word · Frequency #7329
anxiously
adv. 忧虑地，不安地
with anxiety or apprehension
- 1.
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
焦虑地；痛苦地不确定地；关切地。
焦虑地；痛苦地不确定地；关切地。；忧虑地；不安地
In use
She waited anxiously for the exam results.
The dog paced anxiously by the door, whining softly.
He glanced anxiously at his watch, worried about being late.
anxiously + verb (of waiting)
常用于表示急切或担忧地等待某事物。
She anxiously waited for the test results.
她焦虑地等待考试结果。
anxiously + verb (of looking)
常与look, glance, peer等动词搭配，表示担忧地看。
He anxiously looked around the room.
他不安地环顾房间。
be anxiously + adjective
anxiously修饰形容词时，表示一种带有忧虑的情绪状态。
The children were anxiously excited about the trip.
孩子们对这次旅行既兴奋又不安。
Common mistakes
I am anxiously about the exam.I am anxious about the exam.
中文学习者常将副词“anxiously”误用作形容词，但“be”动词后应接形容词“anxious”来描述状态。
He anxiously accepted the invitation.He eagerly accepted the invitation.
“anxiously”意为“忧虑地”，而“eagerly”意为“热切地”。当表达积极期待时，应使用“eagerly”。
Connections
Collocations
- wait anxiously
- 焦急地等待
- She waited anxiously for the test results.她焦急地等待考试结果。
- look anxiously
- 忧虑地看
- He looked anxiously at the dark clouds in the sky.他忧虑地看着天空中的乌云。
- ask anxiously
- 不安地问
- The child asked anxiously if his mother was okay.孩子不安地问妈妈是否安好。
- glance anxiously
- 焦虑地瞥了一眼
- She glanced anxiously at her watch, running late.她焦虑地瞥了一眼手表，要迟到了。
- pace anxiously
- 焦虑地踱步
- The father paced anxiously outside the delivery room.父亲在产房外焦虑地踱步。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想'anxious'（焦虑的）加副词后缀-ly，想象一个人焦急地来回踱步。
Context & Register
注册: 中性; 上下文: 日常交流, 文学作品, 新闻报道; 注意: 该词为中性偏正式，多用于书面描写或叙述中，但也可用于口语表达焦虑情绪。
Grammar Note
Commonly used to describe the manner of an action or state of worry.
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like seriously, obviously, curiously, and previously share the same stress pattern (first syllable) and ending /əsli/, making them near rhymes. Notoriously and mysteriously have different stress patterns (second syllable) so they sound different despite the same spelling ending.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.