From the word’s history
Borrowed from Latin anxius, from angō 'to cause pain, choke'.
借自拉丁文 anxius，來自 angō「使痛苦、勒住」。
Think of someone who cannot sit still because the outcome is not in their hands yet — a tightness in the chest that leans forward toward something . That same forward lean explains the odd third sense: when what you are leaning toward is something you badly want, the tightness reads as rather than dread.
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
anxiousadj/ˈæŋkʃəs/
- 1
Nervous and worried.
- 2
Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.
- She was anxious to hear how her test results were.
- I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails.
- 3
Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying.
- anxious labor
- There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed.
- 4
Earnestly desirous.
- He is anxious to please, so you can count on him.
- All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。