詞彙精選：fret的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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n.

煩躁；焦急 [C]

例句：

As she spoke we could see that she was in a fret.

她講話時，我們看得出她很煩躁。

磨損

v.

（使）煩惱，焦急 [I,T]

例句：

Doubts began to fret his mind.

疑慮開始使他心情煩躁。

例句：

Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake.

不要發愁，瑪麗。這只是個有些荒唐的錯誤。

（使）磨損 [I,T]

二、詞義辨析：

worry,brood,care,fret

這些動詞均有“煩惱、擔憂”之意。worry普通用詞，着重使人焦慮、煩惱或深深不安。 brood語氣比worry強，多指沉思、沮喪或憂鬱。care多指極強烈的關心和憂慮。常帶純客觀的意味。fret通常指因悲哀、焦慮或憂愁等所困擾的心理狀態。

三、參考例句：

Doubts began to fret his mind.

疑慮開始使他心情煩躁。

She'll fret herself to death one of these days.

她總有一天會愁死的。

Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake.

不要發愁，瑪麗。這只是個有些荒唐的錯誤。

Do not fret over buying the perfect gift.

別總是糾結於買所謂完美的禮物。

You don't need to fret when it comes to meeting the family.

當你帶他去見家長的時候，你不會焦慮不安。

The less you fret about it, the more relaxed and confident you'll feel.

擔憂越少，你就越輕鬆、越自信。

Don't be dismal or fret, but do your duty and you'll get your reward.

別垂頭喪氣，怨天尤人了吧。盡到你自己的責任，你會得到報償的。

One reason managers fret over evaluations is that they assume they're nerve-wracking for employees.

經理擔心評估的一個原因是他們認爲這會讓員工很傷腦筋。

Fret not, however, as there's now a solution for this in the form of the CATable.

不過不必心煩，現在這裏有一個解決方案：喵星人桌。

With the most common form of cancer -- skin cancer -- on the rise, it's hard not to fret about soaking up too much sun this season.

皮膚癌是最常見的癌症之一，目前發病率正呈現上升趨勢。在夏季人們總爲吸收了太多陽光而感到困擾。