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 worry ['wʌri]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 担心, 烦恼, 忧虑, 苦恼, 撕咬

vt. 使烦恼, 使焦虑, 使苦恼, 困扰, 折磨, 撕咬

vi. 烦恼, 担心, 撕咬




    worry
    worried
    [ noun ]
    1. something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

    2. <noun.cognition>
      New York traffic is a constant concern
      it's a major worry
    3. a strong feeling of anxiety

    4. <noun.feeling>
      his worry over the prospect of being fired
      it is not work but worry that kills
      he wanted to die and end his troubles
    [ verb ]
    1. be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy

    2. <verb.emotion>
      I worry about my job
    3. be concerned with

    4. <verb.emotion> care
      I worry about my grades
    5. disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress

    6. <verb.emotion>
      vex
      I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me
    7. be on the mind of

    8. <verb.stative>
      concern interest occupy
      I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
    9. lacerate by biting

    10. <verb.contact>
      the dog worried his bone
    11. touch or rub constantly

    12. <verb.contact>
      The old man worried his beads


    Worry \Wor"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Worrying}.] [OE. worowen, wirien, to strangle, AS. wyrgan in
    [=a]wyrgan; akin to D. worgen, wurgen, to strangle, OHG.
    wurgen, G. w["u]rgen, Lith. verszti, and perhaps to E.
    wring.]
    1. To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly;
    also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

    A hellhound that doth hunt us all to death;
    That dog that had his teeth before his eyes,
    To worry lambs and lap their gentle blood. --Shak.

    2. To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an
    anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret;
    to trouble; to plague. ``A church worried with
    reformation.'' --South.

    Let them rail,
    And worry one another at their pleasure. --Rowe.

    Worry him out till he gives consent. --Swift.

    3. To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]


    Worry \Wor"ry\, v. i.
    To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest
    disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child
    worries; the horse worries.


    Worry \Wor"ry\, n.; pl. {Worries}.
    A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care
    and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.
    ``The whir and worry of spindle and of loom.'' --Sir T.
    Browne.

    1. His worry persisted after a blood test proved negative, and he was referred to Harmon by an AIDS hot line.
    2. A major worry has been the psychological impact of the explosion, especially on the space workers and their children.
    3. Do Switzerland's neighbours need to worry about the country retaining its ability and will to maintain security at this crossroads of the continent? We are the only country where the people can vote on such matters.
    4. Among them: less worry about inflation because of recent declines in commodity prices, and indications that the inventory build-up in the fourth quarter might not have been as big as originally estimated.
    5. The CED finds still another reason to worry about the level of portfolio investments by foreigners.
    6. Deficit cuts are proper when the economy can stand some reining in without worry about its caving in.
    7. That is a worry that Sen. Wirth says he first began hearing a year ago during a meeting with Soviet scientists in Boston, several of whom have worked in the Soviet nuclear weapons program.
    8. I never had to worry about where I was going to go." Quayle, 41, has constantly had to defend himself against charges he is unqualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.
    9. He should not worry about pleasing all voters, Mr Tebbit said on BBC television.
    10. In a Persian Gulf battle, troops wouldn't have to worry about running their tanks over threatened desert tortoises.
    11. A treasury secretary who seems nonchalant about a falling dollar gives markets every right to worry.
    12. New car and truck sales are in a tailspin, partly because of sagging consumer confidence, worry about conflict in the Middle East and a slowing economy.
    13. But he said, "I do not think the people here have anything to worry about whatsoever."
    14. Serious Tory losses would worry the many MPs with constituencies in these areas, adding to pressures on Mr John Major's leadership. For Labour, the campaign also poses a difficult challenge.
    15. Some even worry that the area's new commercial potential may lead to the sort of gentrification that could force the old-time residents out.
    16. The worry for the rest of us is that bank money diverted to Mr Smith would not be available to finance private sector recovery.
    17. But Arkansas' Bill Clinton is not so sure about a deadlocked meeting in Atlanta, as the Democratic governors worry about their party's still unresolved presidential battle.
    18. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa is running a strong, thematic campaign but is prompting even some of his allies to worry that voters may tire of his superheated rhetoric.
    19. But with 32m people currently unable to find jobs in industrial countries, it is easy to see why unemployment is the more immediate worry. This change in approach is not simply a reflection of the depressed state of the world economy.
    20. We just had an accident last year." Still, such accidents worry potential investors.
    21. However, many private economists worry that the growing foreign debt load will eventually lower America's standard of living as more and more U.S. wealth is transferred into the hands of foreigners.
    22. Little unity is evident among the dozens of parties born of concern for man's ravaging of the planet, but all benefit from growing worry about pollutants in the air, water and food supplies.
    23. The deficit is another thing, to worry you and me." Tauke said his mail included only a few backing a pay raise, but they came from "good friends who want me to have a raise.
    24. But the executive, who was paid more than $500,000 in cash and other compansation in 1986, added, "Don't worry about me!"
    25. George tries, though. "Ah," he says, "like some Newcomer men. They don't feel truly masculine until they've given birth." He can't understand why Earthmen worry so much about impotency, though.
    26. I'll worry about compensation later," Mr. Gold says.
    27. An attempt to make the necessary constitutional amendments failed in Congress earlier this year. The chief political worry is that the plan's fortunes are too closely linked to those of Mr Cardoso.
    28. For that matter, the governor of Texas also agrees that his courts are a big worry.
    29. And they worry that its passage would set a precedent for more legislation imposing requirements on how companies do business.
    30. One way round this is to make use of trusts (see 6). 3. I have made a will so I don't have to worry about IHT.
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