| 词汇 | frantic |
| 释义 | frantic adjective uk /ˈfræn.tɪk/ us /ˈfræn.t̬ɪk/ franticadjective (VERY WORRIED/FRIGHTENED)C2 almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry: 发狂似的，情绪失控的 frantic withWhere on earth have you been? We've been frantic with worry.你到底去哪了？我们都担心死了。 worried worriedI'm worried that he's not going to graduate. concernedAren't you concerned that she might tell someone? perturbedHe didn't seem unduly perturbed by the news. fretfulShe got a fretful night's sleep after the dreadful news. anxiousAll this waiting is making me anxious. apprehensiveHe's a bit apprehensive about leaving home. Anxious and worried (all) hot and botheredidiom aflutter agitated angsty anxious frightened fuss get in a sweatidiom goosey grim preoccupied prey prey on sb's mindidiom prey on something queasily worried worriedly worrier worrywart wound up franticadjective (HURRIED)C2 done or arranged in a hurry and a state of excitement or confusion: 紧张忙乱的 Share prices have soared to a new all-time high in a day of frantic trading on the stock market.股票市场经过一天的紧张交易后，股价飙升至历史新高。 Rescuers were engaged in a frantic all-night effort to reach the survivors before their supply of air ran out.救援人员整个晚上都在全力奋战，要在幸存者空气耗尽之前找到他们。 Hurrying and doing things quickly accelerate acceleration against the clockidiom against time/the clockidiom alacrity dash grab-and-go grease hacky haste hasten prompt promptness quickie rattle something off rattle through something rush into something snap stroke tear frantic | American Dictionaryfrantic adjective us/ˈfræn·tɪk/ franticadjective (HURRIED)done in a very great hurry and often in a state of excitement or confusion: Rescuers made frantic efforts to dig out people buried by the mudslide. franticadjective (EMOTIONAL)extremely upset, esp. because of anxiety or fear: When his wife arrived at the hospital she was frantic with worry. frantic | Business Englishfrantic adjective uk /ˈfræntɪk/us urgent and involving a lot of activity: There have been frantic attempts by central banks to restore order on the exchanges. More than 240 million shares changed hands in frantic trading. frantic talks/negotiations Examples of franticfrantic Frantic activity, however, does not of itself produce change. The hurried judgements suggest a frantic attempt to find some legal base for what is in effect a moral and personal decision. The almost frantic rush to grasp every opportunity, especially during the early months of the war, had led to over-investment in some industries. Frantic government attempts to call a special court session to suspend the injunctions failed and as a result the auction was postponed indefinitely. Any doubts raised by other historians are dismissed by a frantic wave of the hand. They had believed that they were in a frantic race to save the western democracies. The air of frantic anxiety was so thick you could smell it, even through the haze of cigarette smoke. Despite the natures of the sounds - soft unvoiced, ephemeral - there is a kind of frantic urgency throughout. The assessment should not trigger off frantic practising, but the ward sister can arrange for the student to have the relevant experience. Up to this point the story has been told in limp and lackluster prose, but now the tone becomes frantic and feverish. Their soldiers are bored, the tedium relieved only by seconds of frantic danger and usually futile endeavour. Clinicians have noted that much of the cognitive distortion of borderline individuals is a function of a frantic fear of abandonment or rejection. Imperialism could not be understood any longer as the frantic search for 'third markets'. The lady said, "trying to reconcile the different clocks is like this new burden, something else to get frantic about". The ships and docks evoke departures and arrivals ; the cemetery suggests bereavements ; the crowd scenes, frantic searches for missing characters. See all examples of frantic These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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