fretted

英 [ˈfretɪd]

美 [ˈfretɪd]

adj.  回纹饰的
v.  苦恼; 烦躁; 焦虑不安
fret的过去分词和过去式

过去式：fretted　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 回纹饰的
  decorated with patterns

柯林斯词典

• VERB 苦恼;烦恼;发愁
  If youfretabout something, you worry about it.
  1. I was working all hours and constantly fretting about everyone else's problems...
     我一刻不闲地工作，总是为别人的事操心。
  2. But congressional staffers fret that the project will eventually cost billions more...
     但是国会工作人员担心这项计划最终会多耗资数十亿元。
  3. Don't fret, Mary. This is all some crazy mistake.
     不要发愁，玛丽。这只是个有些荒唐的错误。
• (吉他等弦乐器琴颈处的)品
  Thefretson a musical instrument such as a guitar are the raised lines across its neck.

英英释义

adj

• having a pattern of fretwork or latticework
  Synonym:interlacedlatticedlatticelike
• having frets

双语例句

• The new rules incited a backlash in Britain, where some authors and literary critics fretted about a coming American literary invasion.
  新规则在英国引起了激烈的反应，一些作家和文学评论家对即将到来的美国文学入侵感到不安。
• The continual noise fretted the woman's nerves.
  连续不断地噪声扰得那个妇女神经不安。
• He fretted away his life.
  他在烦恼中消磨了一生。
• By 2007, New York fretted at being overtaken by London as a global centre.
  到2007年，纽约已开始担心其全球金融中心的地位会被伦敦取代。
• She fretted, however, at last, over the lack of stability.
  然而她最终对颠簸的生活感到烦恼。
• For eight more days Don Quixote worried and fretted over this problem.
  堂吉诃德为这个问题焦躁不安，就这样又延迟了八天多的时间。
• I drank soda-water and smoked and fretted.
  我喝汽水，抽烟，烦躁不安。
• But they had long fretted that the process would end in tears.
  但他们一直担心这个过程将以失败告终。
• Asset managers have fretted since the financial crisis about a drop in US corporate bond inventories held by banks.
  自本次金融危机以来，资产管理公司一直对银行持有的美国公司债存量下滑感到担忧。
• I fretted and took to arguing with myself whether or not I would talk openly with Kurtz.
  我异常恼火，并在心下暗自嘀咕，好不好公开地和库尔茨谈一谈。