- The verb worry is an anxious word; it means to be concerned or nervous. If you sent your carrier pigeon out in the morning to deliver a message, you might worry if it hadn't returned by the afternoon.
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- n. 担心；烦恼；
- v. 担心；发愁；
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1. Don't worry.We have plenty of time.
不必担心。我们有很多时间。
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2. Don't worry about me. I'll be all right.
别为我担忧。我会没事的。
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3. What worries me is how I am going to get another job.
使我发愁的是如何再找到工作。
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4. It worries me that he hasn't come home yet.
他还没有回家，这叫我放心不下。
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5. family worries,financial worries
家庭中的╱财务上的烦恼
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6. worries about the future
对未来的担忧
- worry (n.) "anxiety arising from cares and troubles," 1804, from worry (v.).
- worry (v.) Old English wyrgan "to strangle," from Proto-Germanic *wurgjan (source also of Middle Dutch worghen, Dutch worgen, Old High German wurgen, German würgen "to strangle," Old Norse virgill "rope"), from *wergh-, from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." Related: Worried; worrier; worrying.
worry ★ / ˈwʌri ; NAmE ˈwɜːri / verb , noun worry worries worried worrying verb ★ ( wor·ries , worry·ing , wor·ried , wor·ried ) 1 ★ [intransitive ] to keep thinking about unpleasant things that might happen or about problems that you have 担心；担忧；发愁 ◆ Don't worry.We have plenty of time. 不必担心。我们有很多时间。 worryabout sb/sth ◆ Don't worry about me. I'll be all right. 别为我担忧。我会没事的。 ◆ He's always worrying about his weight. 他总是为自己的体重发愁。 worryover sb/sth ◆ There's no point in worrying over things you can't change. 对改变不了的事情担心也没用。 worry(that)… ◆ I worry that I won't get into college. 我担心自己进不了大学。 2 ★ [transitive ] to make sb/yourself anxious about sb/sth 使担心；使担忧；使发愁 worrysb/yourself (about sb/sth) ◆ What worries me is how I am going to get another job. 使我发愁的是如何再找到工作。 worrysb/yourself + adj. (about sb/sth) ◆ He's worried himself sick (= become extremely anxious)about his daughter. 他的女儿可把他愁坏了。 it worries sb that… ◆ It worries me that he hasn't come home yet. 他还没有回家，这叫我放心不下。 it worries sb to do sth ◆ It worried me to think what might happen. 想到可能会发生的事情我就发愁了。 3 ★ [transitive ] to annoy or disturb sb 骚扰；烦扰；使不安宁 worrysb ◆ The noise never seems to worry her. 这噪音似乎从不让她厌烦。 worrysb with sth ◆ Don't keep worrying him with a lot of silly questions. 别老用许多愚蠢的问题打扰他。 4 [transitive ] worrysth (of a dog 狗 ) to attack animals, especially sheep, by chasing and/or biting them 攻击，撕咬（动物，尤指羊） IDIOM ˌnot to ˈworry ( informal) ( especially BrE) it is not important; it does not matter 别担心；不必发愁；没关系 ◆ Not to worry—I can soon fix it. 别着急，我很快就能把它修理好。 ◆ Not to worry—no harm done. 别担心，没伤着。 PHRASAL VERB ˈworry at sth 1 to bite sth and shake or pull it 咬；撕扯；摇晃；拉扯 ◆ Rebecca worried at her lip. 丽贝卡咬着嘴唇。 ◆ He began to worry at the knot in the cord. 他开始解绳子上的结。 2 to think about a problem a lot and try and find a solution 思考，苦想（解决办法） noun ★ ( plural worries ) 1 ★ [uncountable ] the state of worrying about sth 担心；忧虑；发愁 SYN anxiety ◆ The threat of losing their jobs is a constant source of worry to them. 丢掉工作的威胁时常使他们忧心忡忡。 ◆ to be frantic with worry 愁得要命 2 ★ [countable ] something that worries you 令人担忧的事；让人发愁的事 ◆ family/financial worries 家庭中的╱财务上的烦恼 worry(about/over sth) ◆ worries about the future 对未来的担忧 worry(for/to sb) ◆ Mugging is a real worry for many old people. 行凶抢劫确实令许多老人心神不安。 ◆ My only worry is that… 唯一令我担忧的是… IDIOM ˈno worries! ( informal) it's not a problem; it's all right (often used as a reply when sb thanks you for sth) 没什么，不客气，没关系（常用以回答别人的道谢） worry / ˈwʌri ; NAmE ˈwɜːri /
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