v (1)担忧(心)，发愁(get anxious or troubled)[I，I+prep(about)]：Don't～. Tomorrow I will be better. 别担心，我明天就会好些。There is no need/nothing to～about. 没什么可担忧的。There is no sense in～ing about the boy，and he'll be all right. 没有必要为孩子操心，他会没事的。～about the safety of nuclear energy/the slightest thing/one's health/one's money 为核能的安全性/琐事/自己的健康/钱担忧;～about one's personal gain 计较个人得失;Why～about the future? 为什么要担心未来呢?〖同〗agonize，despair;

(2)使人担忧(心) (make sb anxious or trouble sb)[T+n，T+n+prep(about)]：His dangerous driving/Her late hours/The bad smell～ied me. 他危险驾车/她睡觉太晚/难闻的气味使我担心。Heights don't～me. 我不恐高。What～ies me most is... 使我最担忧的是…… It～ied me to think that... 考虑到……使我担忧。It～ies me that... ……叫我担心。be～ied about the children's education/the challenge 担心孩子的教育/这次挑战;be～ied that sb won't be there/the exam might be too difficult 担心某人不会在那儿/考试会太难;a very～ing situation/new development/state of affairs 令人担忧的形势/新进展/事态;～oneself into illness/to death 愁出病来/愁死;〖同〗upset，trouble，distress，bother;〖反〗comfort，calm;

(3)烦(打)扰(某人)(annoy or bother sb)[T+n，T+n+prep(with)]：Don't～me just now. 现在别烦我。Will it～you if I play the piano? 如果我弹钢琴是否会打扰你? be～ied by creditors 被债主缠扰; Leave off/Stop/Don't come～ing me with your complains. 不要用你的抱怨来烦扰我。keep～ing the teacher with such foolish questions 不断地用这样愚蠢的问题烦扰老师;The artillery～ied the enemy with intermittent shelling. 炮兵部队以断断续续的炮击骚扰敌人。〖同〗upset，trouble，distress，bother;〖反〗comfort，calm;

(4)叼，咬(have with the teeth or bite)[T+n]： The dog was found～ing the sheep/the rabbit. 发现狗叼着羊/兔子。a terrier～ing a rat 一只叼着老鼠的小猎狗;The dog has been～ing my slippers. 那条狗一直在撕咬着我的拖鞋。〖同〗bite;

not to worry 别担心(infml)： Not to～，she will help you. 别担心，她会帮你的忙。I'll be fine，not to～. 我会没事的，别担心。

worry at (v prep) 设法解决;缠着……让做(vt)： She was～ing at the problem until she found the answer. 她一直在想方设法解这道题，最后终于找到了答案。The daughter～ied at her mother to buy her a new dress. 女儿缠着母亲要买一件新衣服。

worry sb for sth/to do sth缠着某人要(做)某事：～sb for a present/more money/a decision 缠着某人要礼物/要更多的钱/作出决定; My daughter always～ies me to take her to London. 我的女儿总是缠着我，要我带她去伦敦。

→′worried adj 担忧(心)的，发愁的;′worriedly adv 担忧(心)地;′worrier n 爱担忧(发愁)的人;′worrying adj 令人担忧(发愁)的;′worrisome adj 令人担忧(心)的;经常发愁的;

n(1)担忧(心)，忧愁(anxious or troubled feeling in the mind)[U]：lines of～on sb's face 某人脸上的愁容; wear an expression of great～神色忧虑; be full of～忧心忡忡; cause a lot of～引发许多忧愁; refuse to tell one's～拒绝讲出自己的苦恼;(sth) be sb's chief～(某事)是某人的最大忧虑;W～made him ill/kept him awake. 忧虑使他病倒了/不能入睡。〖同〗anxiety，uneasiness，concern，distress;〖反〗certainty，assurance，security;

(2)麻烦，愁事(worrying matter or thing)[C]：(be) the main source of～烦恼的主要根源;the major～大麻烦;share/end sb's～ies 分担/结束某人的烦恼;have/be free from money～有/摆脱金钱的烦恼;forget financial/family～ies 忘记财务/家庭方面的烦恼; Life is full of～ies. 人生充满苦恼的事。It's a～to me having to leave the children alone in the house. 令我担心的是不得不把孩子独自留在家中。Money is just one of our～ies. 钱正是我们的一桩愁事。That boy is a constant～to his mother. 那个男孩给他母亲带来无休止的麻烦。What a little～that child is! 那个孩子可真是个添麻烦的小东西呀!〖同〗concern，care，problem;

【辨异】worry 与 annoy、bother 和 harass 的区别见ANNOY。