fraught
fraught 英 [frɔ:t] 美 [frɔt]
adj. 担心的，忧虑的；充满…的
On the other hand, life under Communism was fraught with so many dangers and difficulties that banishment to a provincial town was hardly a tragedy. 另一方面，生活在社会主义的体制下充满了许多危险和困难，被放逐到偏远的小镇不能不说是一场悲剧。
- Fraught means filled with something — often something bad. Your Thanksgiving was fraught with awkward moments when your family saw your blue hair, and it only got worse when you told them you'd quit law school to join the circus.
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- adj. 担心的，忧虑的；充满…的
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1. On the other hand, life under Communism was fraught with so many dangers and difficulties that banishment to a provincial town was hardly a tragedy.
另一方面，生活在社会主义的体制下充满了许多危险和困难，被放逐到偏远的小镇不能不说是一场悲剧。
- fraught (adj.) late 14c., "freighted, laden, loaded, stored with supplies" (of vessels); figurative use from early 15c.; past-participle adjective from obsolete verb fraught "to load (a ship) with cargo," Middle English fraughten (c. 1400), which always was rarer than the past participle, from noun fraught "a load, cargo, lading of a ship" (early 13c.), which is the older form of freight (n.).
fraught / frɔːt ; NAmE frɔːt / adjective 1 fraughtwith sth filled with sth unpleasant 充满（不愉快事物）的 ◆ a situation fraught with danger/difficulty/problems 充满危险╱困难重重╱问题成堆的局面 2 ( especially BrE) causing or feeling worry and anxiety 焦虑的；忧虑的；担心的 SYN tense ◆ She looked/sounded fraught. 她愁容满面；她的话音显出忧虑。 ◆ There was a fraught silence. 有一阵令人焦虑的沉默。 ◆ Things are as fraught as ever in the office. 办公室的情况和往常一样令人担心。 fraught / frɔːt ; NAmE frɔːt /
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