frantic
adjective /ˈfræntɪk/
/ˈfræntɪk/
- done quickly and with a lot of activity, but in a way that is not very well organized
紧张忙乱的；手忙脚乱的 - a frantic dash/search/struggle
不顾一切的猛冲；疯狂的搜查／斗争 - They made frantic attempts to revive him.
他们拼命地努力让他苏醒过来。 - Things are frantic in the office right now.
现在办公室里忙作一团。 - They worked with frantic haste.
他们疯狂地匆忙工作。
- It was a constant frantic rush against the clock.
这是一场持续的疯狂的争分夺秒。 - They began a frantic search for the missing child.
他们开始手忙脚乱地寻找走丢的孩子。
- a frantic dash/search/struggle
- unable to control your emotions because you are extremely frightened or worried about something
（由于恐惧或担心）无法控制感情的，发狂似的 - frantic with worry
忧虑得要命 - Let's go back. Your parents must be getting frantic by now.
咱们回家吧。你的父母现在肯定快要急死了。 - The children are driving me frantic (= making me very annoyed).
孩子们快要使我发疯了。
Topics Feelingsc1- We were starting to get frantic with worry.
我们担心得要发疯了。 - Her frantic parents searched for nearly an hour.
她疯狂的父母找了将近一个小时。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- look
- …
- really
- absolutely
- increasingly
- …
- with
- frantic with worry
词源late Middle English frentik, ‘insane, violently mad’, from Old French frenetique, via Latin from Greek phrenitikos, from phrenitis ‘delirium’, from phrēn ‘mind’.