worrywor•ry /'wʌrɪ/

vt

1. 使担心，使发愁

• What's worrying you? 你在担心什么？

• He worried himself about his future. 他担心自己的将来。

2. 使不安宁，烦扰；缠

• Don't worry me； I'm busy now. 别烦我，我正忙着呢。

• She worried him with a lot of silly questions. 她问他好多愚蠢的问题，搅得他不得安宁。

• He worried his parents for a bicycle. 他缠着父母要一辆自行车。

• My wife is worrying me to buy a house. 我太太老是缠着要我买房子。

3. (狗等)撕咬…

vi 担心，发愁

• You have nothing to worry about. 你没有什么可担心的。

• Don't worry over such trifles. 别为这种小事发愁。

词组worry along(或through) 应付过去，熬过去

• In spite of a lot of difficulties, she always worried through. 尽管困难重重，她还是熬过去了。

worry at

1. 绞尽脑汁想要解决(问题等)

2. 缠着某人做…

worry out 绞尽脑汁做…

• These companies are worrying out ways to increase their services. 这些公司正千方百计设法增加服务项目。