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单词 frantic
释义
frantic
adjective
uk
/ˈfræn.tɪk/us
/ˈfræn.t̬ɪk/

franticadjective(VERY WORRIED/FRIGHTENED)

C2
almostout ofcontrolbecause ofextremeemotion, such asworry:
发狂似的，情绪失控的
Where onearthhave you been? We've been franticwithworry.你到底去哪了？我们都担心死了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Anxious and worried
  • (all) hot and botheredidiom
  • -racked
  • aflutter
  • agitated
  • angsty
  • anxious
  • frightened
  • fuss
  • get in a sweatidiom
  • grim
  • grimly
  • queasily
  • queasiness
  • queasy
  • rattled
  • rest easyidiom
  • strung out
  • worrier
  • worrywart
  • wound up
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franticadjective(HURRIED)

C2
done orarrangedin ahurryand astateofexcitementorconfusion:
紧张忙乱的
Sharepriceshavesoaredto a newall-timehigh in adayof frantictradingon thestockmarket.股票市场经过一天的紧张交易后，股价飙升至历史新高。
Rescuers wereengagedin a franticall-nightefforttoreachthesurvivorsbeforetheirsupplyofairranout.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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hurrying and doing things quickly
  • accelerate
  • acceleration
  • against the clockidiom
  • against time/the clockidiom
  • alacrity
  • dash
  • grab-and-go
  • grease
  • hacky
  • haste
  • hasten
  • prompt
  • promptly
  • promptness
  • quickie
  • rattlesomethingoff
  • rattle throughsomething
  • snap
  • stroke
  • tear
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(Definition offranticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

frantic| American Dictionary

frantic
adjective
us
/ˈfræn·tɪk/

franticadjective(HURRIED)

done in a verygreathurryand often in astateofexcitementorconfusion:
Rescuers made franticeffortstodigoutpeopleburiedby themudslide.

franticadjective(EMOTIONAL)

extremelyupset,esp. because ofanxietyorfear:
When hiswifearrivedat thehospitalshe was frantic withworry.
(Definition offranticfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

frantic| Business English

frantic
adjective
uk
/ˈfræntɪk/us
urgentandinvolvinga lot ofactivity:
There have beenfranticattemptsbycentralbankstorestoreorderon theexchanges.
More than 240 millionshareschangedhandsinfrantictrading.
frantictalks/negotiations
(Definition offranticfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffrantic

frantic
Franticactivity, however, does not of itself produce change.
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The hurried judgements suggest afranticattempt to find some legal base for what is in effect a moral and personal decision.
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The almostfranticrush to grasp every opportunity, especially during the early months of the war, had led to over-investment in some industries.
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Franticgovernment attempts to call a special court session to suspend the injunctions failed and as a result the auction was postponed indefinitely.
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Any doubts raised by other historians are dismissed by afranticwave of the hand.
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They had believed that they were in afranticrace to save the western democracies.
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The air offranticanxiety was so thick you could smell it, even through the haze of cigarette smoke.
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Despite the natures of the sounds - soft unvoiced, ephemeral - there is a kind offranticurgency throughout.
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The assessment should not trigger offfranticpractising, but the ward sister can arrange for the student to have the relevant experience.
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Up to this point the story has been told in limp and lackluster prose, but now the tone becomesfranticand feverish.
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Their soldiers are bored, the tedium relieved only by seconds offranticdanger and usually futile endeavour.
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Clinicians have noted that much of the cognitive distortion of borderline individuals is a function of afranticfear of abandonment or rejection.
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Imperialism could not be understood any longer as thefranticsearch for 'third markets'.
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The lady said, "trying to reconcile the different clocks is like this new burden, something else to getfranticabout".
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The ships and docks evoke departures and arrivals ; the cemetery suggests bereavements ; the crowd scenes,franticsearches for missing characters.
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