中文词源
worry 担忧
来自PIE*wergh,弯，转，缠绕，词源同wring,wriggle。其原义为扭打，缠绕，后用于心理学揪心，担忧，烦扰。
英语词源
- worry
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worry: [OE] Worry originally meant ‘strangle’. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *wurgjan, which also produced German wügen ‘choke, strangle’. The sense ‘harass physically’ (as in ‘dogs worrying sheep’) emerged in the 16th century, via an intermediate ‘seize by the throat’, and the modern sense ‘vex, disturb’ came on the scene in the 17th century, but the verb was not used intransitively until the mid- 19th century.
- worry (v.)
- Old English wyrgan "to strangle," from Proto-Germanic *wurgjan (cognates: Middle Dutch worghen, Dutch worgen, Old High German wurgen, German würgen "to strangle," Old Norse virgill "rope"), from PIE *wergh- "to turn" (see wring). Related: Worried; worrier; worrying.
The oldest sense was obsolete in English after c. 1600; meaning "annoy, bother, vex," first recorded 1670s, developed from that of "harass by rough or severe treatment" (1550s), as of dogs or wolves attacking sheep. Meaning "to cause mental distress or trouble" is attested from 1822; intransitive sense of "to feel anxiety or mental trouble" is first recorded 1860. - worry (n.)
- "anxiety arising from cares and troubles," 1804, from worry (v.).
权威例句
- 1. Don't worry. We'll have you out of here double-quick.
- 别担心，我们会很快把你从这儿弄出去的。
- 2. This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.
- 这是好心办错事，可是确实让我担心了一阵子。
- 3. You don't have to worry about me. I'm a good swimmer.
- 你不用担心我。我水性很好。
- 4. Frankly, Thomas, this question of your loan is beginning to worry me.
- 老实讲，托马斯，你贷款的问题开始让我担心了。
- 5. He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry.
- 他表现出焦躁不安和过度忧虑的症状。
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