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

• 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。
• He says governments must take effective steps to reverse several worrisome trends.
  他说，各国政府必须采取有效的措施扭转一些令人忧虑的发展趋势，包括数十年来对农业的相对忽视。
• 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。
• Even more worrisome is the continuing occurrence of extensively drug-resistant TB, which is virtually impossible to treat.
  更令人担忧的是广泛抗药结核病持续发生，该病几乎无法治疗。
• Regulations without a clear and open argument behind them are worrisome.
  没有经过透明和公开讨论而得出的规定是令人担忧的。
• 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。
• Although worries about Japan-style deflation in the US are overblown, deflationary pressures are more worrisome than inflation.
  尽管外界对于美国将出现日本式通缩的担忧有些过虑，但通缩压力比通胀更令人不安。
• What is puzzling, intriguing, or worrisome to you?
  什么问题使你困惑、感兴趣或担忧？
• It is a worrisome possibility that the drugs may have side effects which were not initially recognized.
  这些药也许有最初不能发现的副作用，这种可能性令人心存疑虑。