anxiety/æŋˋzaIətI; æŋˈzaIəti/n plural anxieties 1 [C,U] the feeling of being very worried about something 忧虑﹐焦虑﹐担心: +about/over his anxiety about the future 他对未来的担心My mother's ill health was a constant source of anxiety . 我母亲身体不好﹐一直让人很担心。2 [U] a feeling of wanting to do something very much 渴望: anxiety to do sth I nearly fell in my anxiety to get downstairs. 我急急忙忙下楼时差点摔倒。