anxiety
/æŋˈzaɪətɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)［mass noun］
1- a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome忧虑, 焦虑, 紧张, 焦灼不安：
he felt a surge of anxiety
他心中涌起一阵忧虑
count noun anxieties about the moral decline of today's youth.对于当今青年道德退化的不安。
1.1
- with infinitive desire to do something, accompanied by apprehension急于做某事的渴望：
the housekeeper's eager anxiety to please.
管家急于讨好的渴望。
1.2
- Psychiatry a nervous disorder marked by excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behaviour or panic attacks【精神病学】焦虑症。
词源
early 16th cent.: from French anxiété or Latin anxietas, from anxius （see ANXIOUS）.