worrisome

英 [ˈwʌrisəm]

美 [ˈwɜːrisəm]

adj.  令人担心的; 使人担忧的

BNC.46298 / COCA.11637

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人担心的；使人担忧的
  that makes you worry

柯林斯词典

• 令人担忧的;使人发愁的
  Something that isworrisomecauses people to worry.

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 worrying

英英释义

adj

• not reassuring
  Synonym:unreassuring
• causing distress or worry or anxiety
  1. distressing (or disturbing) news
  2. lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
  3. a disturbing amount of crime
  4. a revelation that was most perturbing
  5. a new and troubling thought
  6. in a particularly worrisome predicament
  7. a worrying situation
  8. a worrying time
  Synonym:distressingdistressfuldisturbingperturbingtroublingworrying

双语例句

• Within the hour, though, a worrisome caveat came to light.
  但是，还不到一小时，就出现了令人担忧的警告。
• It` s worrisome, you know.
  这是令人担忧的，你知道。
• Perhaps the most worrisome development is how poorly the job market is already functioning for many workers.
  也许最令人忧虑的情况是，对于许多劳动者来说，就业市场的状况已经十分糟糕。
• The destruction of your radio is a serious and worrisome affair.
  你的收音机损坏了，这是一件叫人犯愁的要紧事。
• More worrisome is that it may not be the right medicine.
  更让人担心的是，它可能并不是对诊下药。
• This is a potentially worrisome trend.
  这是一种潜在令人担忧的趋势。
• I said, you were all more worrisome than a baby.
  我说，你们都比小孩子还要让人担心呢。
• Even more worrisome, there is evidence of stagflation& slow economic growth and rising unemployment combined with inflation.
  他说，更令人担忧的是，现在还出现了滞胀的迹象，即经济增长放缓与失业增加的同时伴随着通货膨胀上升。
• Actually, I've never had a worry as worrisome as the universe-destroying black holes.
  以毁灭宇宙的黑洞带给我的忧愁程度，实质上是我以前所有的忧愁无法带来的。
• There are other worrisome signs that terror could prove more slippery even than u. s.tactics to contain it.
  其他令人不安的迹象表明，恐怖活动可能比美国战术所能遏制的要棘手。