Anxiety 指一種擔憂、緊張或恐懼的情緒狀態，通常與不確定性或預期中的問題有關。
擔憂不安的情緒
EN: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.
翻譯: 對結果不確定的事物感到憂慮、緊張或不安的情緒。
強烈的渴望
EN: a strong desire or eagerness to do or have something.
翻譯: 對做某事或擁有某物強烈的渴望或熱切期盼。
精神醫學：焦慮症
EN: a mental health disorder characterized by excessive and persistent worry and fear.
翻譯: 一種以過度且持續的憂慮和恐懼為特徵的精神健康障礙，即焦慮症。
小提醒：注意：在醫學或心理學語境中，'anxiety' 常特指「焦慮症」這種疾病，而不僅僅是普通的擔心。
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“plays. the top three emotions I have felt this week are, uh, anxiety, sadness and then happiness.”
1. a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome
對不確定結果的事物感到擔憂、緊張或不安的情緒
She felt a lot of anxiety before her big job interview.
她在重要的工作面試前感到非常焦慮。
The constant anxiety about his health was exhausting.
對健康持續的擔憂讓他筋疲力盡。
Financial problems are a common source of anxiety for many families.
財務問題是許多家庭常見的焦慮來源。
2. a medical condition characterized by excessive and persistent worry and fear
一種以過度且持續的擔憂和恐懼為特徵的醫學狀況
He was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and started therapy.
他被診斷出患有焦慮症，並開始接受治療。
Medication can help manage the symptoms of severe anxiety.
藥物可以幫助控制嚴重焦慮的症狀。
Social anxiety can make it difficult to interact with others.
社交焦慮可能使人難以與他人互動。
3. strong desire or eagerness to do something, often mixed with worry
對做某事強烈的渴望或熱切，通常夾雜著擔憂
There was great anxiety among the fans to get tickets for the final concert.
粉絲們對於買到最終場演唱會的門票懷有極大的渴望。
The team played with an anxiety to prove their critics wrong.
球隊懷著一種渴望證明批評者是錯的心情在比賽。
| Pattern | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| anxiety + about + noun/gerund | 對…的焦慮、擔心 | She has a lot of anxiety about her upcoming exams. (她對即將到來的考試感到非常焦慮。) |
| anxiety + over + noun/gerund | 因…而產生的焦慮 | There is growing public anxiety over the economic situation. (公眾對經濟狀況的焦慮日益加劇。) |
| anxiety + to + verb | 渴望、急於做… | He was filled with anxiety to please his new boss. (他急於取悅他的新老闆。) |
| feel anxiety | 感到焦慮 | Many students feel anxiety before a big presentation. (許多學生在重要報告前會感到焦慮。) |
| cause/give + someone + anxiety | 引起某人的焦慮 | The constant news updates are causing her great anxiety. (不斷的新聞更新讓她非常焦慮。) |
| a sense of anxiety | 一種焦慮感 | A sense of anxiety hung in the air before the announcement. (在宣布之前，空氣中瀰漫著一種焦慮感。) |
| anxiety disorder | 焦慮症 | She was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder last year. (她去年被診斷出患有焦慮症。) |
anxiety about + [名詞/動名詞] vs anxiety to + [動詞原形]。about doing 是對過程或狀態的擔憂；to do 是對行動或結果的急切。對比範例： EN: She felt great anxiety about speaking in public. 翻譯: 她對於公開演講感到非常焦慮。
EN:There was an anxiety to finish the project before the deadline.
翻譯:團隊中瀰漫著一股要在截止日前完成專案的急切感。
一般情況下，表達對某事的「擔憂、焦慮」時，使用 anxiety about doing 更為常見且準確；而 anxiety to do 則用於特定情境，表示「急於、渴望去做」的緊迫感。
anxiety vs worry
「anxiety」通常指一種更廣泛、更持久且可能沒有明確原因的憂慮或恐懼狀態，常與心理健康相關。而「worry」則指對特定問題或情境產生的具體、暫時性的擔憂。
anxiety vs stress
「stress」是對外部壓力源（如工作期限、人際衝突）的反應，而「anxiety」則是對壓力或威脅的內在情緒反應，即使壓力源消失也可能持續存在。
anxiety vs fear
「fear」是對立即、明確危險的直接反應，而「anxiety」則是對未來潛在、模糊威脅的預期性憂慮。
在對話中，人們常會引述自己或他人的感受，用 "anxiety" 來具體描述那種擔憂或緊張的情緒。 EN: I was talking to my friend, and she said her anxiety about the presentation was through the roof. 翻譯: 我和朋友聊天時，她說她對那場簡報的焦慮感已經衝破天際了。
EN:He admitted, "My anxiety kicks in every time I have to speak in public."
翻譯:他承認：「每次必須公開演講時，我的焦慮就會開始發作。」
在日常對話裡，"anxiety" 常與程度副詞或誇張用語搭配，用來強調情緒的強烈程度。 EN: I have this huge anxiety about flying—it's not just a little nervousness. 翻譯: 我對搭飛機有種超巨大的焦慮感——那可不只是一點點緊張而已。
EN:The waiting is causing me serious anxiety; I just need to know the results now.
翻譯:這種等待讓我感到嚴重的焦慮；我現在就需要知道結果。
在組織思緒或尋找合適字眼時，說話者可能會用 "anxiety" 相關的短語作為自然的停頓填充，帶出後續的解釋。 EN: It's hard to explain... it's like a background anxiety, you know, that never really goes away. 翻譯: 這很難解釋……就像一種背景式的焦慮，你知道的，那種永遠不會真正消失的感覺。
EN:So, with all this uncertainty, the anxiety—I mean, it's just overwhelming sometimes.
翻譯:所以，面對所有這些不確定性，那種焦慮感——我的意思是，有時候真的讓人難以承受。
正式寫作注意：在學術論文、正式報告或專業信件中，應避免使用上述口語化的強調或填充結構。建議使用更精確、客觀的表述，例如 "elevated levels of anxiety"、"clinically significant anxiety" 或 "the anxiety associated with..."，並提供具體的定義或測量依據，以符合正式文體的標準。
anxiety about
anxiety about [noun/gerund]
對某事的焦慮
anxiety disorder
[adjective] anxiety disorder
焦慮症
a sense of anxiety
a [adjective] sense of anxiety
一種焦慮感
reduce/alleviate anxiety
reduce/alleviate [possessive] anxiety
減輕/緩解焦慮
anxiety attack
have/suffer an anxiety attack
焦慮發作
cause anxiety
cause [possessive] anxiety
引起焦慮
social anxiety
social anxiety
社交焦慮
×I have an anxiety for the exam.
✓I have anxiety about the exam.
使用 'anxiety' 時，通常搭配介系詞 'about' 或 'over' 來表示對某事的焦慮，而不是用 'for'。
×I feel many anxieties.
✓I feel a lot of anxiety. / I have many anxieties.
'Anxiety' 作為不可數名詞時，指普遍的焦慮感，不能加 's' 或用 'many' 修飾。作為可數名詞 'anxieties' 時，指具體的擔憂事項，但通常不說 'feel many anxieties'，而用 'have many anxieties'。
×I am anxiety.
✓I am anxious. / I feel anxiety.
'Anxiety' 是名詞，不能直接用作形容詞來描述人的狀態。應該使用形容詞 'anxious' 或動詞短語如 'feel anxiety'。
×I took a medicine for my anxiety.
✓I took medication for my anxiety.
在泛指藥物治療時，'medication' 是比 'a medicine' 更常用且正確的詞。'Medicine' 通常指特定的藥品或醫學領域。
×Her anxiety makes her to avoid crowds.
✓Her anxiety makes her avoid crowds.
動詞 'make' 在表示「使某人做某事」時，其後接的動詞要用原形不定詞（bare infinitive），不能加 'to'。
×I have anxiety to speak in public.
✓I have anxiety about speaking in public. / I am anxious to speak in public.
'Have anxiety' 後面不接 'to + 動詞'。要表達「對做某事感到焦慮」，應用 'anxiety about + V-ing'。注意：'anxious to do something' 的意思是「急於做某事」，而非「對做某事感到焦慮」。