worryingly, + clause
作句子副词,置于句首并加逗号,表示说话人对整个句子的评价。
Worryingly, the number of unemployed is still rising.
令人担忧的是,失业人数仍在上升。
令人担忧地;使人忧虑地
焦虑地;烦恼地
in a way that causes worry
注意:worryingly 表示‘令人担忧地’,不是‘担忧地’(worriedly)。
令人担忧地
In a worrying manner
The weather has been worryingly hot this summer.
今年夏天天气一直热得令人担忧。
用法提示:worryingly 作副词修饰形容词 hot,表示‘热得令人担忧’。
He shook his head worryingly as he read the news.
他一边看新闻,一边担忧地摇了摇头。
用法提示:worryingly 作方式副词修饰动词短语 shook his head,表示动作带着担忧。
Worryingly, the train was already ten minutes late.
令人担忧的是,火车已经晚点十分钟了。
用法提示:worryingly 作评注性副词放在句首,表达说话人对整个句子的担忧态度。
作句子副词,置于句首并加逗号,表示说话人对整个句子的评价。
Worryingly, the number of unemployed is still rising.
令人担忧的是,失业人数仍在上升。
修饰形容词或副词,表示程度达到令人忧虑的地步。
The test results were worryingly inconsistent.
测试结果不一致得令人担忧。
“for + 名词”指受影响的对象;整句表示“令……担忧的是”。
Worryingly for the team, their star player was injured.
令球队担忧的是,他们的明星球员受伤了。
比 worryingly 语气更强,常指令人不安到需要警惕的程度;可修饰形容词或副词。
强调扰乱心神、使人无法平静,常用于负面事件或数据。
与 worryingly 最接近,但使用频率较低,多出现在正式或书面语中。
语气较 worryingly 稍弱,常指引起不安或困扰。
较为正式,强调内心不安或焦虑,通常用于书面语。
grammar · medium
易错句子She looked at him worryingly.
正确表达She looked at him worriedly.
worryingly 意为“令人担忧地”(让旁人感到担忧),不是“担忧地、焦虑地”;表示某人自己带着担心的神情去看,要用副词 worriedly。
grammar · medium
易错句子The exam result is very worryingly.
正确表达The exam result is very worrying.
worryingly 是副词,不能作表语形容词;这里需要形容词 worrying(令人担忧的)来修饰结果。
与“worryingly”(令人担忧地)相对,表示使人安心、消除忧虑的方式或效果;注意“calmly(平静地)”只描述状态而非效果,不是本义的反义词。
在“使人不再担忧”这一意义上可与reassuringly互换,但更强调给予安慰、减轻痛苦或不安;与worryingly(令人担忧地)语义相反。
worryingly 表示“令人担忧地”,主语或所修饰的对象是引发别人担心的事物;worriedly 表示“担忧地”,主语是自身感到担忧的人。想表达“让人看了担心”用 worryingly;想表达“带着担心做某事”用 worriedly。
worryingly 强调事情本身“让人担心”,不涉及动作主体的情绪;anxiously 强调人“内心焦急不安”地做某事,主语才是感受者。因此“结果令人担忧地低”要说 worryingly low,不能说 anxiously low。
worrying 是形容词,修饰名词或作表语,说明某人或某物令人担心;worryingly 是副词,修饰动词、形容词或整个句子。比如形容“消息令人担忧”用 The news is worrying;形容“消息令人担忧地含糊”用 The news is worryingly vague。
高得令人担忧
The cost of housing in the city has become worryingly high.
这座城市的住房成本已经高得令人担忧。
低得令人担忧
Attendance at the meetings has been worryingly low.
会议的出席率一直低得令人担忧。
普遍得令人担忧
Cyberbullying among teenagers is worryingly common.
青少年中的网络欺凌已经普遍得令人担忧。
少得令人担忧
We still know worryingly little about the long-term effects of this drug.
我们对这种药物的长期影响仍然了解得少得令人担忧。
快得令人担忧
The ice caps are melting worryingly fast.
冰盖正在以令人担忧的速度融化。
近得令人担忧
The fire came worryingly close to our house.
大火逼近到离我们房子近得令人担忧的距离。
worry + -ing + -ly(无前缀;词根:worry 担心;后缀:-ing 构成形容词 worrying,-ly 构成副词;同根词:worried, worrying, worrisome, worrier)
(用于强调前述情况)令人担忧
Her tone was calm, worryingly so.
她的语气很平静,平静得令人担忧。
令人担忧的是
Worryingly enough, the bridge is already cracking.
令人担忧的是,这座桥已经出现裂缝。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.