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　

BNC.40622

牛津词典

adj.

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.

adj

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

The cat fretted when her kittens were taken away.
看到自己的幼仔被带走，那只猫变得紧张起来。
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。
He fretted away his life.
他在烦恼中消磨了一生。
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。
It was an ominous sign, and Lah fretted that the will of the gods had turned against him.
那是一个不祥的征兆。拉担心神的意志不再偏向于他。
I remember school days, cramming for exams for which she probably fretted more than I did.
我还记得上学时，为应付学校的考试而临急抱佛脚。可能那时侯母亲比我更焦虑。
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。
When he was forbidden to play, he fretted through a winter on the sidelines.
他被禁止参加比赛后，整个冬天都烦恼地坐在旁观席上。