- 1慌張地、拼命地
Doing something in a very fast, worried, out-of-control way because you're scared or in a hurry, like searching frantically for your keys because you're going to be late, or someone frantically for help. It shows panic, not calm, careful action.
From the word’s history
From frantic + -ally.
frantic（慌亂的）加 -ally，表示「慌亂地」。
組成frantic (wild with worry or fear) + ally (turns it into a word telling you HOW something is done)
同家族的字
- franticfrantically is frantic + ally
原始詞典資料2 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。
franticallyadv/ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/
- 1
In a frantic manner.
- He searched frantically for his passport before the flight.
- Amid a cacophony of demands for Cuomo to resign, the governor and his aides are frantically trying to cover up the basic facts of what happened, and that includes launching a Nixonian campaign of intimidation and retribution against Democratic lawmakers who have for months been sounding the alarm.
- 2
archaicslangExtremely; terribly.
- "Oh yes; come in, Mr Carrados," she exclaimed graciously. "We are not quite strangers, you know. You found out something for Aunt Pigs; I forget what, but she was most frantically impressed."
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