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nervousness about something
about 后可接名词或动名词，说明担忧的对象或原因。
He tried to hide his nervousness about the interview.
他试图掩饰对面试的紧张不安。
紧张不安；忧虑；担忧
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紧张不安；忧虑；担忧
an uneasy psychological state
He tried to hide his nervousness about the interview.
他试图掩饰对面试的紧张不安。
指暂时的不安情绪
紧张状态；神经质。
The state or quality of being nervous.
Her nervousness before the job interview made her hands shake.
面试前的紧张不安让她的手发抖。
He tried to hide his nervousness with a smile.
他试图用微笑掩饰自己的紧张。
The speaker's nervousness was obvious from her quivering voice.
演讲者声音颤抖，她的紧张显而易见。
about 后可接名词或动名词，说明担忧的对象或原因。
He tried to hide his nervousness about the interview.
他试图掩饰对面试的紧张不安。
该结构常与 there be 搭配，表示人群中的普遍担忧；that 从句说明担忧的内容。
There was nervousness that the deal might fall through.
当时有人担心这笔交易会失败。
Not this
She is nervousness about the interview.
Use this
She is nervous about the interview.
be 动词后应接形容词作表语；nervousness 是名词，不能直接跟在 is 后，应改用形容词 nervous 表示“紧张的”。
Not this
His nervousness of public speaking made him sweat.
Use this
His nervousness about public speaking made him sweat.
表示“对某事的紧张”时，名词 nervousness 后接介词 about，不接 of；这是固定搭配错误。
Not this
He has many nervousness before exams.
Use this
He has a lot of nervousness before exams.
nervousness 是不可数名词，不能用 many 修饰，应改用 a lot of 或 much 等修饰不可数名词的量词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
最初的紧张
She hid her initial nervousness behind a smile.
她用一个微笑掩饰了最初的紧张。
克服紧张
He took a deep breath to overcome his nervousness.
他深吸一口气来克服紧张。
极度的紧张
Extreme nervousness made it hard for him to speak.
极度的紧张使他难以开口。
对…的紧张不安
There was nervousness about the upcoming exam.
大家对即将到来的考试感到紧张不安。
引起紧张
Speaking in public causes nervousness for many people.
在公开场合讲话使许多人感到紧张。
一阵紧张感
A wave of nervousness swept over her as she entered the room.
她走进房间时，一阵紧张感涌上心头。
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由nervous（紧张的）+ ness（名词后缀）构成，联想考前神经紧绷、坐立不安的状态。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面叙述、心理或医学语境 nervousness 是中性词，通常用于描述紧张、担忧或不安的心理状态，在日常对话和较正式的书面语中都比较常见；在心理或医学语境中可指神经过敏或神经质。
All listed words genuinely match the final unstressed syllable /nəs/ (spelled -ness) of nervousness. However, they are not full rhymes with nervousness because the stressed vowel differs in each word. Useful lookalikes to avoid: -less words such as careless /ˈkerləs/ and hopeless /ˈhoʊpləs/, which end in /ləs/.
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