逍遥学能 2017-12-10 13:49
◆anxious adj.
1. 表示“担心的”、“焦虑的”,其后通常接介词 about, for。如:
We’re anxious about [for] her health. 我们担心她的健康。
He was anxious for his family, who were traveling abroad. 他担心在国外旅行的家人。
2. 表示“热切的”、“渴望的”,其后通常接介词 for。如:
I’m anxious for a computer. 我渴望有台电脑。
注:be anxious for 既可表示“为……担心”,也可表示“渴望得到……”,具体含义视语境而定。
3. 表示渴望或想要做某事,其后接不定式。如:
We are anxious to know the result. 我们渴望知道结果。
注:有时不定式前可以有 for sb。如:
He was anxious for her to marry him. 他渴望她能嫁给他。
4. 有时后接 that 从句,此时从句谓语一般都用“should+动词原形”这样的虚拟语气。如:
He’s anxious that she (should) come to see him. 他很希望她能来看他。
注:上面也可改成:
He is anxious for her to come to see him.