词汇精选：fret的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

烦躁；焦急 [C]

例句：

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

她讲话时，我们看得出她很烦躁。

磨损

v.

（使）烦恼，焦急 [I,T]

例句：

Doubts began to fret his mind.

疑虑开始使他心情烦躁。

例句：

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

不要发愁，玛丽。这只是个有些荒唐的错误。

（使）磨损 [I,T]

二、词义辨析：

worry,brood,care,fret

这些动词均有“烦恼、担忧”之意。worry普通用词，着重使人焦虑、烦恼或深深不安。 brood语气比worry强，多指沉思、沮丧或忧郁。care多指极强烈的关心和忧虑。常带纯客观的意味。fret通常指因悲哀、焦虑或忧愁等所困扰的心理状态。

三、参考例句：

Doubts began to fret his mind.

疑虑开始使他心情烦躁。

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

她总有一天会愁死的。

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

不要发愁，玛丽。这只是个有些荒唐的错误。

Do not fret over buying the perfect gift.

别总是纠结于买所谓完美的礼物。

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

当你带他去见家长的时候，你不会焦虑不安。

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

担忧越少，你就越轻松、越自信。

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

别垂头丧气，怨天尤人了吧。尽到你自己的责任，你会得到报偿的。

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

经理担心评估的一个原因是他们认为这会让员工很伤脑筋。

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

不过不必心烦，现在这里有一个解决方案：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.

皮肤癌是最常见的癌症之一，目前发病率正呈现上升趋势。在夏季人们总为吸收了太多阳光而感到困扰。